SB2024092309 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the python39:3.9 module

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SB2024092309 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the python39:3.9 module

Published: September 23, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024092309
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40897)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


2) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6923)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of newlines for email headers when serializing an email message. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary headers into serialized email messages.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References