UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48992

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48992
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48992.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48992
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Published
2024-11-19T16:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:47:47.243045Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@3.5-5ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5-5ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.5-4ubuntu2
3.5-5ubuntu1
3.5-5ubuntu2
3.5-5ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.5-5ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@3.6-7ubuntu4.3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6-7ubuntu4.3

Affected versions

3.*

3.6-5
3.6-6
3.6-7
3.6-7ubuntu3
3.6-7ubuntu4
3.6-7ubuntu4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.6-7ubuntu4.3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@3.6-8ubuntu6?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6-8ubuntu6

Affected versions

3.*

3.6-8ubuntu4
3.6-8ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.6-8ubuntu6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1-1
2.3-2
2.4-1
2.5-1
2.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation",
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.11-4

3.*

3.0-1
3.1-1
3.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation",
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4-5
3.4-6
3.4-6ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation",
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}