{"id":15105,"date":"2017-03-28T07:35:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T22:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3246-1-eject-vulnerability\/"},"modified":"2017-03-28T07:35:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T22:35:25","slug":"usn-3246-1-eject-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3246-1-eject-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability<\/p>\n<h2>Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3246-1<\/h2>\n<p><em>27th March, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>eject vulnerability<\/h3>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its<br \/>\n    derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 16.10<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Eject could be made to run programs as an administrator.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Software description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>eject<br \/>\n    &#8211; ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers under Linux<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device incorrectly checked setuid<br \/>and setgid return values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute code<br \/>as an administrator.<\/p>\n<h3>Update instructions<\/h3>\n<p> The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following<br \/>\npackage version:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 16.10:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\">eject<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\/2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.10.1\">2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.10.1<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\">eject<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\/2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1\">2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\">eject<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\/2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1\">2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\">eject<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/eject\/2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-9ubuntu0.1\">2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-9ubuntu0.1<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2017-6964\">CVE-2017-6964<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/usn\/usn-3246-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability 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 &#8211; ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers under Linux Details Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device incorrectly checked setuidand setgid return values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute codeas 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 Source: <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3246-1-eject-vulnerability\/\" title=\"USN-3246-1: Eject vulnerability\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-15105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15106,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15105\/revisions\/15106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}