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RHCOS 6 : Ruby on Rails (RHSA-2013:0153)
high Nessus Plugin ID 312027
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for Ruby on Rails.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0153 advisory.- rubygem-activesupport: Multiple vulnerabilities in parameter parsing in ActionPack (CVE-2013-0156)
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 Ruby on Rails package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0153.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/solutions/290903
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892870
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 312027
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2013-0153.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/4/2026
Updated: 5/5/2026
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: 4.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0156
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 6.8
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:F/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-activesupport, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-activesupport, 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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2013
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Ruby on Rails XML Processor YAML Deserialization Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0156