Vulnerability Details CVE-2024-48991
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).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 22.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
References
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5d328901287a4f79d1f5861ac827a53fd56d
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48991
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/30/4
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
Products affected by CVE-2024-48991
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:-
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:3.6