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CVE-2017-6964

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.47%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-6964
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.47%
Ubuntu Debian

Original Filing — NVD 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.