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RockyLinux 8 : python27:2.7 (RLSA-2023:5994)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 302830
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-2023:5994 advisory.* python: TLS handshake bypass (CVE-2023-40217)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 302830
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-5994.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 3/18/2026
Updated: 3/18/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40217
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cython, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-six, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-idna, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-backports-ssl_match_hostname, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-cython, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pymongo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-backports, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:scipy-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-backports-ssl_match_hostname, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-docutils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:babel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-lxml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pymongo-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-ipaddress, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pytest-mock, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:scipy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-py, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:numpy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-backports, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-docutils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-attrs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-dns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-babel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pytest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-bson-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-mock, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-lxml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-chardet, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-numpy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-py, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-funcsigs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-nose, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-setuptools_scm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-ipaddress, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cython-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pytest-mock, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-funcsigs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-idna, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-numpy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pygments, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-dns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pyyaml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-lxml-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-attrs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-chardet, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:numpy-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pip, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pyyaml-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-mock, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pygments, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-nose, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-docs-info, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-cython-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pymongo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-bson, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-pytest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-lxml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-setuptools_scm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python2-docs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-40217