CVE-2024-11003

high

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.

References

References
More

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/decades-old-security-vulnerabilities.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224

https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-11-19

Updated: 2024-12-03

Named Vulnerability: needrestart Local Privilege Escalation

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.15563