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RHCOS 1 : rubygems (RHSA-2013:1203)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 311958
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for rubygems.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 1 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1203 advisory.- rubygems: Two security fixes in v1.8.23 (CVE-2012-2125, CVE-2012-2126)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2013:1203.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814718
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 311958
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2013-1203.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: Medium
Score: 5.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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
CPE: 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: 9/4/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-2125, CVE-2012-2126
RHSA: 2013:1203