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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6923
medium Nessus Plugin ID 230973
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- 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 relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-6923
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 230973
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_6923.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/6/2025
Updated: 9/1/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tkinter, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pypy3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-tkinter, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-6923