USN-5426-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5426-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5426-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5426-1
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Published
2022-05-17T16:24:55.659290Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:56Z
Summary
needrestart vulnerability
Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that needrestart incorrectly used some regular expressions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / needrestart

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.11-4

3.*

3.0-1
3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-30688",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / needrestart

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.4-5
3.4-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.4-6ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-30688",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / needrestart

Package

Name
needrestart
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/needrestart@3.5-5ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5-5ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.5-4ubuntu2
3.5-5ubuntu1
3.5-5ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "needrestart",
            "binary_version": "3.5-5ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-30688",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}