USN-7117-1: needrestart and Module::ScanDeps vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - module to recursively scan Perl code for dependencies
• needrestart - check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades

Details

Qualys discovered that needrestart passed unsanitized data to a library
(libmodule-scandeps-perl) which expects safe input. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.
(CVE-2024-11003)

Qualys discovered that the library libmodule-scandeps-perl incorrectly
parsed perl code. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary
shell commands. (CVE-2024-10224)

Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the PYTHONPATH
environment variable to spawn a new Python interpreter. A local attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.
(CVE-2024-48990)

Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly checked the path to the
Python interpreter. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to win
a race condition and execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-48991)

Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the RUBYLIB
environment variable to spawn a new Ruby interpreter. A local attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.
(CVE-2024-48992)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - 1.35-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
• needrestart - 3.6-8ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 24.04

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - 1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
• needrestart - 3.6-7ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 22.04

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - 1.31-1ubuntu0.1
• needrestart - 3.5-5ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 20.04

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - 1.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• needrestart - 3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - 1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• needrestart - 3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libmodule-scandeps-perl - 1.20-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• needrestart - 2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2024-48991
• CVE-2024-11003
• CVE-2024-48992
• CVE-2024-48990
• CVE-2024-10224