CVE-2017-6964

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.

References

https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3246-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1673627

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97154

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3