The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5994 advisory.

    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules,     classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a     stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and     PostgreSQL.

    Security Fix(es):

    * python: TLS handshake bypass (CVE-2023-40217)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 8 : python27:2.7 (RHSA-2023:5994)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183733

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