The remote host contains one or more unsupported versions of Python

Products

• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

• Nessus security scan returns:
  The remote host contains one or more unsupported versions of Python
Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.
• scan details return:
  

  CVSS	Risk	Host	Protocol	Port	Name
  10	Critical	<hostname or ip address>	TCP	9876	Python Unsupported Version Detection

  
  
  

Environment

7.3

Cause

Security scan report has warnings about unsupported versions of Python

Resolution

• The system does not run arbitrary Python code; it only executes code from the OpenStack project and Broadcom extensions.
• Python is not running as a background service that exposes listening ports to the internet.
• There are no open vectors for malicious code entry within this runtime.