1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3246-1

USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability

Publication date

27 March 2017

Overview

Eject could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.10 yakkety eject –  2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 xenial eject –  2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty eject –  2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 precise eject –  2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-9ubuntu0.1

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