UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6964

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6964

    Published: 27 Mar 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6964
    Aliases:
    USN-3246-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6964, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3246-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6964

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eject

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13
    2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High