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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5426-1 Critical: Needrestart Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical notice for Ubuntu users concerning the needrestart flaw that permits local exploits to run unauthorized applications.
needrestart could be made to run programs.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical local execution ubuntu execution risk needrestart

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: needrestart 3.5-5ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 21.10: needrestart 3.5-4ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: needrestart 3.4-6ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: needrestart 3.1-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5426-1

CVE-2022-30688

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May 17, 2022

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security advisory critical local execution ubuntu execution risk needrestart

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.5-5ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.5-4ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.4-6ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/3.1-1ubuntu0.1

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