Name | CVE-2024-6923 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|
pypy (PTS) | jessie | 2.4.0+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 5.6.0+dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 7.0.0+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 7.3.3+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
python2.7 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.7.9-2-ds1-1+deb8u12 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.7.13-2+deb9u6 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.7.13-2+deb9u9 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.7.16-2+deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.7.18-8+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
python3.11 (PTS) | bookworm | 3.11.2-6+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.11.2-6+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
python3.12 (PTS) | trixie | 3.12.6-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.12.7-1 | fixed |
python3.13 (PTS) | sid, trixie | 3.13.0-1 | fixed |
python3.9 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.9.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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pypy | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
pypy | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
python2.7 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
python3.11 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
python3.12 | source | (unstable) | 3.12.5-1 | | | |
python3.13 | source | (unstable) | 3.13.0~rc2-1 | | | |
python3.9 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - python3.11 <postponed> (Minor issue, wait until merged into 3.11 branch)
[bullseye] - python3.9 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python2.7 <ignored> (Unsupported in Bullseye, only included to build a few applications)
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121650
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122233
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4aaa4259b5a6e664b7316a4d60bdec7ee0f124d0 (v3.13.0rc2)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4766d1200fdf8b6728137aa2927a297e224d5fa7 (v3.12.5)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f7c0f09e69e950cf3c5ada9dbde93898eb975533 (v3.11.10)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/06f28dc236708f72871c64d4bc4b4ea144c50147 (v3.10.15)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f7be505d137a22528cb0fc004422c0081d5d90e6 (v3.9.20)
[buster] - pypy <postponed> (Not backported to older branches yet.)
[stretch] - pypy <postponed> (Not backported to older branches yet.)
[buster] - python2.7 <postponed> (Not backported to older branches yet.)
[stretch] - python2.7 <postponed> (Not backported to older branches yet.)
[jessie] - python2.7 <postponed> (Not backported to older branches yet.)