{
  "id": "CVE-2024-48991",
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@ubuntu.com",
  "published": "2024-11-19T18:15:21.710",
  "lastModified": "2025-03-13T16:15:23.983",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by winning a race condition and tricking needrestart into running their own, fake Python interpreter (instead of the system's real Python interpreter). The initial security fix (6ce6136) introduced a regression which was subsequently resolved (42af5d3)."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Qualys descubri\u00f3 que needrestart, antes de la versi\u00f3n 3.8, permite a atacantes locales ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario como superusuario ganando una condici\u00f3n de ejecuci\u00f3n y enga\u00f1ando a needrestart para que ejecute su propio int\u00e9rprete de Python falso (en lugar del int\u00e9rprete de Python real del sistema)."
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "security@ubuntu.com",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-362"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5d328901287a4f79d1f5861ac827a53fd56d",
      "source": "security@ubuntu.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59",
      "source": "security@ubuntu.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48991",
      "source": "security@ubuntu.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt",
      "source": "security@ubuntu.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/30/4",
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1",
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"
    }
  ]
}