CVE-2024-11003
Qualys Needrestart Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 19, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 19, 2024, 9:56 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-11003
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-11003.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2024-11003 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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seclists.org
Local Privilege Escalations in needrestart
Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Qualys Security Advisory via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:28:37 +0000 Qualys Security Advisory LPEs in needrest ... Read more
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The Register
'Alarming' bugs lay low in Ubuntu Server utility for 10 years
Researchers at Qualys refuse to release exploit code for five bugs in the Linux world's needrestart utility that allow unprivileged local attackers to gain root access without any user interaction. Th ... Read more
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BleepingComputer
Ubuntu Linux impacted by decade-old 'needrestart' flaw that gives root
Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04. The flaws were disc ... Read more
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The Hacker News
Decades-Old Security Vulnerabilities Found in Ubuntu's Needrestart Package
Multiple decade-old security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the needrestart package installed by default in Ubuntu Server (since version 21.04) that could allow a local attacker to gain root p ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2024-11003 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Nov. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-78 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps. Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003 [No types assigned] Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0 [No types assigned] Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt [No types assigned] Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224 [No types assigned] Added CVSS V3.1 Canonical Ltd. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-11003 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-11003
weaknesses.