CVE-2024-48990

Description

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

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/decades-old-security-vulnerabilities.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990

https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3