| Name | CVE-2024-48990 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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 | 3.7-3.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
Fixed by: https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab (v3.8)