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.