Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2007-3912 is a local privilege escalation issue in checkrestart from debian-goodies before 0.34. A user already able to run code on an affected system could abuse shell metacharacters in a running executable filename to gain higher privileges. Exposure is most likely on legacy Debian or Ubuntu systems with debian-goodies installed below version 0.34, especially multi-user systems where untrusted local users can create or run executables. Low urgency for modern environments, but important for legacy Linux estates. Prioritize if affected systems still allow local users, shared hosting, jump-host access, or untrusted workloads. Mitigation focus: Upgrade debian-goodies to version 0.34 or a vendor-fixed distro package.; Consult Debian DSA-1527 and Ubuntu USN-526-1 for release-specific fixed packages.; Remove debian-goodies where checkrestart is not operationally needed..
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- debian-checkrestart-privilege-escalation(36475)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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