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SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422255

Description

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

 - actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x
 and 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 does not properly restrict
 use of the MIME type cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
 consumption) via a crafted HTTP Accept header. (CVE-2016-0751)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422255

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0751

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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-2016-0751

BID: 81800