PT-2024-8538 · Unknown+3 · Needrestart+3

Liske + 3 · Published 2024-11-17 · Updated 2024-12-22 · CVE-2024-11003

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions needrestart versions prior to 3.8

Description The issue is related to needrestart passing unsanitized data to a library, which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8, update to version 3.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the needrestart utility until a patch is applied. Avoid using the needrestart utility with unsanitized input data to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-10105

CVE-2024-11003

DLA-3957-1

DLA-3957-2

DSA-5815-1

DSA-5815-2

USN-7117-1

USN-7117-2

USN-7117-3

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Needrestart

References · 46

• 🔥 https://github.com/sychikov/CVE-2024-11003-POC · Exploit
• https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-11003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7117-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7117-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48992 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-10224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5815-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-0114SE18MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3957-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-11003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3957-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-11003 · Vendor Advisory