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CVE-2024-48992 Details

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17 CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html CVE
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1 CVEMailing List
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/b5f25f6ec6e7dd0c5be249e4e45de4ee9ffe594f [email protected]Patch
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48992 [email protected]VDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
needrestart project needrestart
< 3.8

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-48992
NVD Published Date:
Nov 19, 2024
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2024-48992 Details - Not Deferred