CVE-2022-30688
Published: 17 May 2022
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
needrestart Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(3.6-1)
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
bionic |
Released
(3.1-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
focal |
Released
(3.4-6ubuntu0.1)
|
|
impish |
Released
(3.5-4ubuntu2.1)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(3.5-5ubuntu2.1)
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(3.6-1)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(3.6-1)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.8 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |