CVE - CVE-2022-30688

CVE-ID
CVE-2022-30688	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-5137 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 MISC:https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 MISC:https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 MISC:https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html MISC:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20220518 [SECURITY] [DLA 3013-1] needrestart security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20220517 CVE-2022-30688: needrestart 0.8+ local privilege escalation URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20220513	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20220513)
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