CVE-2017-6964

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.

• CWE-252

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97154Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1673627Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3246-1/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97154Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1673627Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3246-1/Vendor Advisory

Published

Mar 28, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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