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Severity
7.8
EPSS
12.70%
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 20 November 2024

1 / 3
Source: Ubuntu

Remedy

Edit /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf so that the following line appears after "# Disable interpreter scanners." and reboot: $nrconf{interpscan} = 0;
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
EPSS
0.08%
Race Condition
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 22 November 2024

1 / 4
Source: Ubuntu

Remedy

Edit /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf so that the following line appears after "# Disable interpreter scanners." and reboot: $nrconf{interpscan} = 0;
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
EPSS
0.08%
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 20 November 2024

1 / 3
Source: Ubuntu

Remedy

Edit /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf so that the following line appears after "# Disable interpreter scanners." and reboot: $nrconf{interpscan} = 0;
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
OS Command Injection
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 20 November 2024

1 / 3
Source: Ubuntu

Remedy

Edit /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf so that the following line appears after "# Disable interpreter scanners." and reboot: $nrconf{interpscan} = 0;
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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