The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4151 advisory.

  - python: Unsafe use of eval() on data retrieved via HTTP in the test suite (CVE-2020-27619)

  - python-jinja2: ReDoS vulnerability in the urlize filter (CVE-2020-28493)

  - python-pygments: Infinite loop in SML lexer may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-20270)

  - python: Web cache poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a semicolon in     query parameters (CVE-2021-23336)

  - python-pygments: ReDoS in multiple lexers (CVE-2021-27291)

  - python-lxml: Missing input sanitization for formaction HTML5 attributes may lead to XSS (CVE-2021-28957)

  - python-babel: Relative path traversal allows attacker to load arbitrary locale files and     execute arbitrary code (CVE-2021-42771)

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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CentOS 8 : python27:2.7 (CESA-2021:4151)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 155049

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Version 1.5 Jan 16, 2024, 5:39 PM CVE (Removed rejected CVE) Plugin Feed: 202401161739
Version 1.4 Nov 24, 2023, 1:42 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202311241342
Version 1.4 Jan 16, 2024, 3:43 PM CVE (Removed rejected CVE) Plugin Feed: 202401161543