CVE-2024-11003

Summary

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

Workarounds

Edit /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf so that the following line appears after "# Disable interpreter scanners." and reboot: $nrconf{interpscan} = 0;

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html

References

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003
• https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0
• https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224

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