[USN-7117-3] needrestart regression

[Sudhakar Verma]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7117-3
December 05, 2024

needrestart regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-7117-1 caused some regression in needrestart.

Software Description:
- needrestart: check which daemons need to be restarted after library 
upgrades

Details:

USN-7117-1 fixed vulnerabilities in needrestart. The update introduced a
regression in needrestart. This update fixes the problem for LXC
containers.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

  Qualys discovered that needrestart passed unsanitized data to a library
  (libmodule-scandeps-perl) which expects safe input. A local attacker could
  possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.
  (CVE-2024-11003)

  Qualys discovered that the library libmodule-scandeps-perl incorrectly
  parsed perl code. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary
  shell commands. (CVE-2024-10224)

  Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the PYTHONPATH
  environment variable to spawn a new Python interpreter. A local attacker
  could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.
  (CVE-2024-48990)

  Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly checked the path to the
  Python interpreter. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to win
  a race condition and execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2024-48991)

  Qualys discovered that needrestart incorrectly used the RUBYLIB
  environment variable to spawn a new Ruby interpreter. A local attacker
  could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.
  (CVE-2024-48992)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
   needrestart                     3.6-8ubuntu4.4

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   needrestart                     3.6-7ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   needrestart                     3.5-5ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   needrestart                     3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   needrestart                     3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   needrestart                     2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7117-3
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7117-2
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7117-1
   https://launchpad.net/bugs/2091096

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.6-8ubuntu4.4
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.6-7ubuntu4.5
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.5-5ubuntu2.4