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CVE-2024-11003

HIGH

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published11/19/2024

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

needrestart_project:needrestart

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

References

https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0(security@ubuntu.com)

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224(security@ubuntu.com)

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003(security@ubuntu.com)

https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt(security@ubuntu.com)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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