vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-48990: needrestart -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 19, 2024
Added
Nov 25, 2024
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.
Solution
debian-upgrade-needrestart
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