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SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-vfg9-r3fq-jvx4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419293

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Starting in version 4.0.0 and
 prior to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in
 Action Controller's HTTP Token authentication. For applications using HTTP Token authentication via
 `authenticate_or_request_with_http_token` or similar, a carefully crafted header may cause header parsing
 to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an
 affected release should either upgrade to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, or 7.2.1.1 or apply the
 relevant patch immediately. One may choose to use Ruby 3.2 as a workaround.Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for
 this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on
 Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected. (CVE-2024-47887)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfg9-r3fq-jvx4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419293

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47887

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47887

IAVB: 2024-B-0157

cwe: CWE-1333