The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6068 advisory.

    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules,     classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to     many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

    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 : python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (RHSA-2023:6068)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183782

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Version 1.4 Nov 15, 2024, 3:52 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202411151552
Version 1.3 Nov 8, 2024, 5:19 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:U") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080519
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 11:18 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262318
Version 1.0 Oct 24, 2023, 7:12 PM New Plugin Feed: 202310241912
Version 1.0 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100