CVE-2024-48991 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2024-48991 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 19/11/2024 | CVE Updated: 03/12/2024 | CVE Year: 2024
Source: canonical | Vendor: needrestart | Product: needrestart
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2024-48991 Description

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).

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

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Source: needrestart

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).