Access Restriction Bypass Affecting debian-goodies package, versions <0.34


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-DEBIANGOODIES-1544367
  • published10 Sept 2007
  • disclosed10 Sept 2007

Introduced: 10 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-3912  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 debian-goodies to version 0.34 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream debian-goodies package and not the debian-goodies package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.

CVSS Scores

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