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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: python3 (CVE-2023-27043)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216289

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Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of python3 installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-27043 advisory.

 - The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special character. The wrong portion of an RFC2822 header is identified as the value of the addr-spec. In some applications, an attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain (e.g., only @company.example.com addresses May be used for signup). This occurs in email/_parseaddr.py in recent versions of Python. (CVE-2023-27043)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27043

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216289

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2023-27043.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2025

Updated: 9/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-pip, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-curses, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27043

IAVA: 2023-A-0442-S