FKIE_CVE-2022-30688

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-17 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:44
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
needrestart_project needrestart *
debian debian_linux 9.0
debian debian_linux 10.0
debian debian_linux 11.0
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    },
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      "value": "needrestart versiones 0.8 hasta 3.5 anteriores a 3.6, es propenso a una escalada de privilegios local. Las remezclas para detectar los int\u00e9rpretes de Perl, Python y Ruby no est\u00e1n ancladas, lo que permite a un usuario local escalar privilegios cuando needrestart intenta detectar si los int\u00e9rpretes est\u00e1n usando archivos fuente antiguos"
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  "id": "CVE-2022-30688",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:44:05.930",
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