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Unscored USN-7117-2 0 CVEs

needrestart regression

Published Nov 26, 2024 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

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

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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)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS needrestart 3.5-5ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS needrestart 3.6-7ubuntu4.4
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS needrestart 2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS needrestart 3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS needrestart 3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2089193