Bug 2327355 (CVE-2024-48990) - CVE-2024-48990 needrestart: arbitrary code execution via PYTHONPATH environment variable
Summary: CVE-2024-48990 needrestart: arbitrary code execution via PYTHONPATH environme...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-48990
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2327531 2327532 2327533 2327534 2327536
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-11-19 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-11-19 23:55 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-11-19 18:02:42 UTC 
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.
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