| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-876-1, DSA-3823-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 858872 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| eject (PTS) | buster | 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eject | source | wheezy | 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13+deb7u1 | DLA-876-1 | ||
| eject | source | jessie | 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1+deb8u1 | DSA-3823-1 | ||
| eject | source | (unstable) | 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.2 | 858872 |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eject/+bug/1673627