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IBM AIX: python_advisory13 (CVE-2024-6923): Vulnerability in python affects AIX

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Aug 1, 2024

Added

Nov 6, 2024

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ibm-aix-python_advisory13

References

CVE-2024-6923
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-6923
CWE-94
EUVD-EUVD-2024-48020
https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/python_advisory13.asc
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-48020

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