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SCA: security update for rubygems-update (GHSA-228f-g3h7-3fj3)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433604

Description

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

 - RubyGems before 1.8.23 can redirect HTTPS connections to HTTP, which makes it easier for remote attackers
 to observe or modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2012-2125)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-228f-g3h7-3fj3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433604

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2125

BID: 55680