CVE-2007-3912: Debian Debian-Goodies

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.

Affected products

• Debian Debian-Goodies: version 0.27 only; version 0.33 only

Published 2007-09-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.