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Debian Bookworm DSA-5815-2 Moderate: Needrestart False Positive Correction

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Calendar Grey December 2, 2024
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Patch released for needrestart to address incorrect warnings in chroot or mountns tasks. Users are encouraged to apply the update.
The update for needrestart announced as DSA 5815-1 introduced a regression reporting false positives for processes running in chroot or mountns
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Summary

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.6-4+deb12u3.

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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