CVE-2024-10224
Publication date 19 November 2024
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Qualys discovered that if unsanitized input was used with the library Modules::ScanDeps, before version 1.36 a local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell commands by open()ing a "pesky pipe" (such as passing "commands|" as a filename) or by passing arbitrary strings to eval().
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libmodule-scandeps-perl | 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1.31-1ubuntu0.1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1.20-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7117-1
- needrestart and Module::ScanDeps vulnerabilities
- 19 November 2024