Ubuntu Security Update USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3246-1


27th March, 2017

eject vulnerability


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary


Eject could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

• eject - ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers under Linux

Details


Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device incorrectly checked setuid
and setgid return values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute code
as an administrator.

Update instructions


The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:
eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-9ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References


CVE-2017-6964

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