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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	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 12:15

Updated : 2022-05-25 11:30

NVD link : CVE-2022-30688

Mitre link : CVE-2022-30688

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

needrestart_project

needrestart

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