CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-30688

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.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-05-17 07:15

Updated : 2022-05-25 06:30

NVD link : CVE-2022-30688

Mitre link : CVE-2022-30688

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269