USN-3246-1

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    USN-3246-1

    Published: 27 Mar 2017Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: eject vulnerability

    Details: Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device incorrectly checked setuid and setgid return values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute code as an administrator.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3246-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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