SB2022052041 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for needrestart
Published: May 20, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30688)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to application uses incorrect regexes to detect Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.