Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7117-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7117-1
November 19, 2024

Several security issues were fixed in needrestart and Module::ScanDeps
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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:

Several security issues were fixed in libmodule-scandeps-perl, needrestart.

Software Description:
– libmodule-scandeps-perl: module to recursively scan Perl code for
dependencies
– needrestart: check which daemons need to be restarted after library
upgrades

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
libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.35-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
needrestart 3.6-8ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
needrestart 3.6-7ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.31-1ubuntu0.1
needrestart 3.5-5ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
needrestart 3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
needrestart 3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.20-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
needrestart 2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7117-1
CVE-2024-10224, CVE-2024-11003, CVE-2024-48990, CVE-2024-48991,
CVE-2024-48992

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmodule-scandeps-perl/1.35-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.6-8ubuntu4.2

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmodule-scandeps-perl/1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.6-7ubuntu4.3

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmodule-scandeps-perl/1.31-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.5-5ubuntu2.2