VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-11003
This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 11.5%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.47% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- needrestart project/needrestart
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0Patch
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224VDB Entry
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003VDB Entry
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1Mailing List
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.