The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6962 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: incorrect IPv4 and IPv6 private ranges (CVE-2024-4032)

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

    * python: cpython: From NVD collector (CVE-2024-8088)

    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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 8 : python3.11 (RHSA-2024:6962)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207651

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Version 1.3 Mar 29, 2025, 3:23 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202503290323
Version 1.2 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 8.7) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.1 Sep 24, 2024, 1:22 PM New Plugin Feed: 202409241322