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CVE-2024-48991

Published: Nov 19, 2024 | Modified: Nov 19, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48991
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by winning a race condition and tricking needrestart into running their own, fake Python interpreter (instead of the systems real Python interpreter).

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Needrestart Ubuntu devel *
Needrestart Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Needrestart Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Needrestart Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Needrestart Ubuntu focal *
Needrestart Ubuntu jammy *
Needrestart Ubuntu noble *
Needrestart Ubuntu oracular *
Needrestart Ubuntu upstream *

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