CVE-2024-48991

Name	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).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-3957-1, DSA-5815-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
needrestart (PTS)	bullseye	3.5-4+deb11u3	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	3.5-4+deb11u5	fixed
	bookworm	3.6-4+deb12u1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	3.6-4+deb12u3	fixed
	sid, trixie	3.8-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
needrestart	source	bullseye	3.5-4+deb11u4	DLA-3957-1
needrestart	source	bookworm	3.6-4+deb12u2	DSA-5815-1
needrestart	source	(unstable)	3.7-3.1

Notes

https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
Fixed by: https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59 (v3.8)