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AlmaLinux 9 : python3.11 (ALSA-2024:6179)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206611

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6179 advisory.

 * cpython: python: email module doesn't properly quotes newlines in email headers, allowing header injection (CVE-2024-6923)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-6179.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206611

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-6179.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/4/2024

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/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:alma:linux:python3.11, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3.11-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3.11-test, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3.11-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3.11-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3.11-idle, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3.11-tkinter

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6923