CVE-2022-30688

2022-05-1700:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2022-30688; needrestart; local privilege escalation; unix; perl; python; ruby; interpreters; old source files.

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchneedrestart< 3.1-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchneedrestart< 3.4-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu21.10noarchneedrestart< 3.5-4ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchneedrestart< 3.5-5ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchneedrestart< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	needrestart	< 3.1-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	needrestart	< 3.4-6ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	21.10	noarch	needrestart	< 3.5-4ubuntu2.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	needrestart	< 3.5-5ubuntu2.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	needrestart	< any	UNKNOWN