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Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 20:35:37 +0200
From: Thomas Liske <thomas@...sko-nw.net>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2022-30688: needrestart 0.8+ local privilege escalation
# needrestart: local privilege escalation
https://github.com/liske/needrestart
## Description
A local privilege escalation has been found in needrestart. CVE-2022-
30688 has been assigned to this issue.
The interpreter heuristic contains unanchored regexs allowing local
users to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running
needrestart. Needrestart might be run as root by package manager hooks
on package installations or upgrades.
## Affected
Affected: needrestart >= 0.8
Fixed in: needrestart >= 3.6
## Mitigation
Disabling the interpreter heuristic in neederstart's config prevents
this attack:
# Disable interpreter scanners.
$nrconf{interpscan} = 0;
## Credit
Reported by Jakub Wilk.
Regards,
Thomas Liske
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