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Ubuntu: USN-3246-1 (CVE-2017-6964): Eject vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3246-1 (CVE-2017-6964): Eject vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

dmcrypt-get-device, as shipped in the eject package of Debian and Ubuntu, does not check the return value of the (1) setuid or (2) setgid function, which might cause dmcrypt-get-device to execute code, which was intended to run as an unprivileged user, as root. This affects eject through 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1 on Debian, eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.10.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-9ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-eject

References

  • USN-3246-1
  • DLA-876-1
  • DSA-3823
  • CVE-2017-6964

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