usn-7117-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-11-26 09:29
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
needrestart regression
Details

USN-7117-1 fixed vulnerabilities in needrestart. The update introduced a regression in needrestart. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Qualys discovered that needrestart passed unsanitized data to a library (libmodule-scandeps-perl) which expects safe input. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-11003)

Qualys discovered that the library libmodule-scandeps-perl incorrectly parsed perl code. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. (CVE-2024-10224)

Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the PYTHONPATH environment variable to spawn a new Python interpreter. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-48990)

Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly checked the path to the Python interpreter. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to win a race condition and execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-48991)

Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the RUBYLIB environment variable to spawn a new Ruby interpreter. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-48992)

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  "details": "USN-7117-1 fixed vulnerabilities in needrestart. The update introduced a\nregression in needrestart. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Qualys discovered that needrestart passed unsanitized data to a library \n (libmodule-scandeps-perl) which expects safe input. A local attacker could\n possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.\n (CVE-2024-11003)\n \n Qualys discovered that the library libmodule-scandeps-perl incorrectly \n parsed perl code. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary\n shell commands. (CVE-2024-10224)\n \n Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the PYTHONPATH \n environment variable to spawn a new Python interpreter. A local attacker \n could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root. \n (CVE-2024-48990)\n \n Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly checked the path to the\n Python interpreter. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to win\n a race condition and execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-48991)\n \n Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the RUBYLIB\n environment variable to spawn a new Ruby interpreter. A local attacker\n could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.\n (CVE-2024-48992)\n",
  "id": "USN-7117-2",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:34Z",
  "published": "2024-11-26T09:29:32Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "needrestart regression",
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}



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