RHCOS 1 : rubygem-passenger (RHSA-2013:1136)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312010

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 1 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1136 advisory.

- rubygem-passenger: incorrect temporary file usage (CVE-2013-2119)

- rubygem-passenger: insecure temporary directory usage due to reuse of existing server instance directories (CVE-2013-4136)

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-passenger package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:1136.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312010

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2013-1136.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2119

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:rubygem-passenger, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-passenger-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-passenger-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-passenger, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-passenger-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-file-tail-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-mod_passenger, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_passenger, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-passenger-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-spruz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-file-tail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-passenger-native-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-passenger-native-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-passenger-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-passenger-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-spruz-doc

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: 8/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2119, CVE-2013-4136

CWE: 377

RHSA: 2013:1136

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