CVE-2017-6964

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-252

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: Mar 28, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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