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CVE-2024-48990

CVE-2024-48990

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 19.9%CWE-427
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
needrestart · needrestart

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References
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149abhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.htmlhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt