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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-48991): needrestart and Module::ScanDeps vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-48991): needrestart and Module::ScanDeps vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/19/2024
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/20/2024
Modified
11/29/2024

Description

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 system's real Python interpreter). The initial security fix (6ce6136) introduced a regression which was subsequently resolved (42af5d3).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libmodule-scandeps-perl
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-needrestart

References

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