CVE-2022-30688 (GCVE-0-2022-30688)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-17 18:58
Modified
2025-11-03 21:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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