CVE-2024-11003
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
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