It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2023-274 advisory.

  - Python 3.9.x before 3.9.16 and 3.10.x before 3.10.9 on Linux allows local privilege escalation in a non-     default configuration. The Python multiprocessing library, when used with the forkserver start method on     Linux, allows pickles to be deserialized from any user in the same machine local network namespace, which     in many system configurations means any user on the same machine. Pickles can execute arbitrary code.
    Thus, this allows for local user privilege escalation to the user that any forkserver process is running     as. Setting multiprocessing.util.abstract_sockets_supported to False is a workaround. The forkserver start     method for multiprocessing is not the default start method. This issue is Linux specific because only     Linux supports abstract namespace sockets. CPython before 3.9 does not make use of Linux abstract     namespace sockets by default. Support for users manually specifying an abstract namespace socket was added     as a bugfix in 3.7.8 and 3.8.3, but users would need to make specific uncommon API calls in order to do     that in CPython before 3.9. (CVE-2022-42919)

  - An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1. An unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path     when processing some inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably long name     being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of service. Hostnames are often supplied by     remote servers that could be controlled by a malicious actor; in such a scenario, they could trigger     excessive CPU consumption on the client attempting to make use of an attacker-supplied supposed hostname.
    For example, the attack payload could be placed in the Location header of an HTTP response with status     code 302. A fix is planned in 3.11.1, 3.10.9, 3.9.16, 3.8.16, and 3.7.16. (CVE-2022-45061)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2023-274)

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Version 1.3 Sep 6, 2023, 2:11 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202309061411
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