Source: eject Version: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13 Severity: grave Tags: patch security
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for eject. CVE-2017-6964[0]: | 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6964 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6964 I prepared an update for sid, which I will attack as debdiff here as soon I have the bug number. Regards, Salvatore
