CVE-2017-6964

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6964
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-28T01:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-252 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/252.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3246-1/ Vendor Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1673627 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97154 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3823
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6964
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6964
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:11:01 2017-03-28T01:59Z 2017-03-28T01:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:11:01 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:11:01 Modified Vulnerability Status updated