RHCOS 2 : rubygems (RHSA-2014:0207)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311951

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for rubygems.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2014:0207 advisory.

- rubygems: version regex algorithmic complexity vulnerability (CVE-2013-4287)

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 rubygems package based on the guidance in RHSA-2014:0207.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311951

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2014-0207.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: 3.6

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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4287

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:coreos

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: 2/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4287

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2014:0207

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