The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7570-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain unicode characters during decoding. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-4516)

    It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled unicode encoding of email headers with list separators     in folded lines. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2025-1795)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Python vulnerabilities (USN-7570-1)

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