CVE-2022-30688

Description

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.04%

Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6	third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30	third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html	third party advisory mailing list
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9	third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9	third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-30688?: CVE-2022-30688 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-30688?: To fix CVE-2022-30688, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-30688 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-30688 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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