Detections
Analytics
RHCOS 6 : rubygem (RHSA-2013:0728)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 311950
Language:
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for rubygem.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0728 advisory.- rubygem-rdoc: Cross-site scripting in the documentation created by Darkfish Rdoc HTML generator / template (CVE-2013-0256)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHCOS rubygem packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0728.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 311950
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2013-0728.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/4/2026
Updated: 5/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0256
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-ci_reporter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-fastthread, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-xml-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-rack-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-http_connection, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-compass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-rspec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-rack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-chunky_png, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-bcrypt-ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-treetop, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-activesupport, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-haml
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0256