RHCOS 6 : ruby193-ruby, rubygem-json and rubygem-rdoc (RHSA-2013:0701)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311960

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for ruby193-ruby / rubygem-json / rubygem-rdoc.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0701 advisory.

- rubygem-rdoc: Cross-site scripting in the documentation created by Darkfish Rdoc HTML generator / template (CVE-2013-0256)

- rubygem-json: Denial of Service and SQL Injection (CVE-2013-0269)

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 ruby193-ruby / rubygem-json / rubygem-rdoc packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0701.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311960

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2013-0701.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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-json-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-ruby-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rdoc-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygems

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: 4/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0256, CVE-2013-0269

CWE: 502, 79

RHSA: 2013:0701

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