CVE-2024-48990 Affecting needrestart package, versions <3.6-8ubuntu4.2
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- published20 Nov 2024
- disclosed19 Nov 2024
Introduced: 19 Nov 2024
NewCVE-2024-48990 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:24.10 needrestart to version 3.6-8ubuntu4.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream needrestart package and not the needrestart package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2024-48990
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1