SB2024112727 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for needrestart

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SB2024112727 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for needrestart

Published: November 27, 2024 Updated: January 4, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2024112727
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-48990)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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:A/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure handling of environment variables. A local user can trick the application into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable and execute arbitrary code on the system as root.



2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11003)

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the application passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. A local user can execute arbitrary OS commands as root.

Note, the vulnerability is related to #VU100773 (CVE-2024-10224).


3) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-48992)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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 escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure handling of environment variables. A local user can trick the application into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable and execute arbitrary code on the system as root.

4) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-48991)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. A local user can force the application into running a malicious Python interpreter instead the system one and execute arbitrary code as root.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References