peer review

Author: h00die

modules/exploits/linux/local/ubuntu_needrestart_lpe.rb

@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ def check
     package = cmd_exec('dpkg -l needrestart | grep \'^ii\'')
     package = package.split(' ')[2]
     package = package.gsub('+', '.')
-    package = package.gsub('needrestart-', '') # fedora specific
+    # next line will need to be included if we want to support fedora
+    # package = package.gsub('needrestart-', '') # fedora specific
     package = Rex::Version.new(package)
-    return CheckCode::Safe('needrestart not install, or not detected.') if package.nil?
+    return CheckCode::Safe('needrestart not install, or not detected.') if package == Rex::Version.new('0') # aka empty/nil
 
     return CheckCode::Appears("Vulnerable needrestart version #{package} detected on Ubuntu #{version}") if package < fixed_versions[version]