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SCA: security update for activemodel (GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421818

Description

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

 - Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1
 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass
 intended validation steps via crafted parameters. (CVE-2016-0753)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421818

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 8/8/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0753

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0753

BID: 82247

cwe: CWE-20