High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6964
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.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
5- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97154nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- launchpad.net/bugs/1673627nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3246-1/nvdVendor Advisory
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