ghsa-4696-66c4-2gvx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-11-19 18:31
Modified
2024-12-03 15:31
Details

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).

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2024-48991",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2024-11-19T18:15:21Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "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).",
   id: "GHSA-4696-66c4-2gvx",
   modified: "2024-12-03T15:31:22Z",
   published: "2024-11-19T18:31:06Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48991",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5d328901287a4f79d1f5861ac827a53fd56d",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48991",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/30/4",
      },
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   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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