Debian: DSA-5137-1 Critical: Needrestart Local Escalation Risk
debian
May 17, 2022
Jakub Wilk discovered a local privilege escalation in needrestart, a utility to check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades
Summary
For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.4-5+deb10u1.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5-4+deb11u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your needrestart packages.
For the detailed security status of needrestart please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/needrestart
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: needrestart
CVE ID: CVE-2022-30688
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