[ GLSA 202608-22 ] needrestart: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202608-22
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 Severity: High
    Title: needrestart: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: August 24, 2026
     Bugs: #944015
       ID: 202608-22

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in needrestart, the worst
of which allowing root privilege escalation.

Background
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needrestart is a tool to restart daemons after library updates.

Affected packages
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Package                Vulnerable    Unaffected
---------------------  ------------  ------------
app-admin/needrestart  < 3.8         >= 3.8

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in needrestart. Please
review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
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An attacker could achieve root privilege escalation.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All needrestart users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/needrestart-3.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-11003
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11003
[ 2 ] CVE-2024-48990
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48990
[ 3 ] CVE-2024-48991
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48991
[ 4 ] CVE-2024-48992
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48992

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202608-22

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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