vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-48991): needrestart and Module::ScanDeps vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 20, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 19, 2024
Added
Nov 20, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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).
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libmodule-scandeps-perlubuntu-pro-upgrade-needrestart
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