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CentOS 9 : python3.9-3.9.19-7.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205814

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for python-unversioned-command.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the python3.9-3.9.19-7.el9 build changelog.

 - There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. The email module didn't properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message allowing for header injection when an email is serialized. (CVE-2024-6923)

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 CentOS 9 Stream python-unversioned-command package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=67404

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205814

File Name: centos9_python3_9-3_9_19-7_67404.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2024

Updated: 8/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6923

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idle, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-unversioned-command

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6923