SCA: security update for openssl (GHSA-v6rp-3r3v-hf4p)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434496

Description

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

- The decode method in the OpenSSL::ASN1 module in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through
2.4.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (interpreter crash) via a crafted string.
(CVE-2017-14033)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6rp-3r3v-hf4p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434496

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 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-2017-14033

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14033

BID: 100868

cwe: CWE-119