RockyLinux 8 : python3.11 (RLSA-2024:3062)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 235548

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3062 advisory.

* python: Parsing errors in email/_parseaddr.py lead to incorrect value in email address part of tuple (CVE-2023-27043)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3062

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196183

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 235548

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3062.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-test, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-idle, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27043