RHCOS 6 : rubygem-actionpack and ruby193-rubygem-actionpack (RHSA-2013:0698)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 312003

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0698 advisory.

- rubygem-actionpack: css_sanitization: XSS vulnerability in sanitize_css (CVE-2013-1855)

- rubygem-actionpack: sanitize_protocol: XSS Vulnerability in the helper of Ruby on Rails (CVE-2013-1857)

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 rubygem-actionpack / ruby193-rubygem-actionpack packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0698.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 312003

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2013-0698.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-2013-1857

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-actionpack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-actionpack, 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: 4/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1855, CVE-2013-1857

CWE: 79

RHSA: 2013:0698

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