SCA: security update for mail (GHSA-q86f-fmqf-qrf6)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423375

Description

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

- The mail gem before 2.5.5 for Ruby (aka A Really Ruby Mail Library) is vulnerable to SMTP command
injection via CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command, as demonstrated by CRLF sequences
immediately before and after a DATA substring. (CVE-2015-9097)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q86f-fmqf-qrf6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423375

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-9097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9097

cwe: CWE-93