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CVE-2024-48992

high

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.

References

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://github.com/CyberCrowCC/CVE-2024-48990

https://github.com/njeru-codes/needrestart-vulnerability-poc

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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48992

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html

https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/b5f25f6ec6e7dd0c5be249e4e45de4ee9ffe594f

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-11-19

Updated: 2025-11-03

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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00044