CVE-2017-6964
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-28 01:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-03-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 266ca80a72bee5f6e736575266b6e746a32852b1a5ba00d8236e5bda41f80725
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3823http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823
- www.ubuntu.comhttps://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3246-1/
- www.securityfocus.com97154http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97154
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1673627
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- eject Fixed in 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- eject Fixed in 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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