# RLSA-2024:6975: python3 security update

RLSA-2024:6975, released September 30, 2024, fixes 3 CVEs in python3 (version 0:3.6.8-67.el8_10.rocky.0). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2024-6975
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Sep 30, 2024
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2024-6232, high severity)
- CVEs: 3, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6975

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [python3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3.md) | rocky 8 | 0:3.6.8-67.el8_10.rocky.0 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2024-6232](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-6232.md) | High | Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers | 7.5 | 0.0220 |  |
| [CVE-2024-6923](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-6923.md) | High | Email header injection due to unquoted newlines | 8.8 | 0.0110 |  |
| [CVE-2024-4032](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-4032.md) | High | Incorrect IPv4 and IPv6 private ranges | 8.8 | 0.0108 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo