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.
Published: 2017-03-28
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-876-1 eject security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3823-1 eject security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3246-1 Eject vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.819Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6964

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-28T01:59:01.287

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6964

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