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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-45061

🗓️ 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux Distros have unpatched vulnerability CVE-2022-45061 affecting Python before version 3.11.1.

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  - 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)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "idle-python2.7"},
          {"reference": "libpython2.7"},
          {"reference": "libpython2.7-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libpython2.7-dev"},
          {"reference": "libpython2.7-minimal"},
          {"reference": "libpython2.7-stdlib"},
          {"reference": "libpython2.7-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "python2.7"},
          {"reference": "python2.7-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python2.7-dev"},
          {"reference": "python2.7-doc"},
          {"reference": "python2.7-examples"},
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
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        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "idle-python3.4"},
          {"reference": "libpython3.4"},
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          {"reference": "python3.4-doc"},
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  "CentOS Linux-8": {
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          {"reference": "python2-debug"},
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};

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if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
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