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Medium ALSA-2024:6146 1 CVE

Moderate: python3.12 security update

Published Sep 3, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Python 3.12 is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability. It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of third-party libraries. The python3.12 package provides the "python3.12" executable: the reference interpreter for the Python language, version 3. The majority of its standard library is provided in the python3.12-libs package, which should be installed automatically along with python3.12. The remaining parts of the Python standard library are broken out into the python3.12-tkinter and python3.12-test packages, which may need to be installed separately. Documentation for Python is provided in the python3.12-docs package. Packages containing additional libraries for Python are generally named with the "python3.12-" prefix.

Security Fix(es):

* cpython: python: email module doesn't properly quotes newlines in email headers, allowing header injection (CVE-2024-6923)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-debug 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-devel 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-idle 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-libs 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-test 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-tkinter 3.12.1-4.el9_4.3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6923
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302255
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-6146.html