CVE-2024-6923

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.

Fixed
LOW (3.0)
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    Tim Bastin detected CVE-2024-6923 with a risk of 2.54

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    Tim Bastin fixed CVE-2024-6923

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    Tim Bastin detected CVE-2024-6923 with a risk of 2.54

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    System updated the risk assessment to 1.27

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment to 2.54

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment to 1.27

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment from 1.27 to 0.63

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment from 0.63 to 1.27

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment from 1.27 to 2.54

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment from 2.54 to 1.27

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System detected CVE-2024-6923 with scanner: container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning

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    System fixed CVE-2024-6923

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    System detected CVE-2024-6923 with a risk of 1.27

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    System detected CVE-2024-6923 with scanner: container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning

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    System fixed CVE-2024-6923

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    System detected CVE-2024-6923 with a risk of 1.27

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    Tim Bastin fixed CVE-2024-6923

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    System updated the risk assessment from 1.27 to 2.54

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    Sebastian Kawelke updated the risk assessment from 2.54 to 2.75

    Confidentiality Requirement updated: medium -> low, Integrity Requirement updated: medium -> high, Availability Requirement updated: medium -> high

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    Sebastian Kawelke updated the risk assessment from 2.75 to 3.05

    Confidentiality Requirement updated: low -> high

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Affected component

Logo von deb debian/python3.11

Installed version:
3.11.2-6
Fixed in:
no patch available

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