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 |
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 |
Pending
(3.6-1)
|
|
| lunar |
Pending
(3.6-1)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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 |