CVE - CVE-2024-48990

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-48990	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.
References
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MISC:https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab URL:https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab MISC:https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990 URL:https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990 MISC:https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt URL:https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20241011	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20241011)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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