This bug was fixed in the package eject -
2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu1
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eject (2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu1) zesty; urgency=medium
* SECURITY UPDATE: Improper check for dropped privileges (LP: #1673627)
- dmcrypt-get-device.c: Ensure that setgid() and setuid() were successful
before continuing
- CVE-2017-6964
-- Tyler Hicks <tyhi...@canonical.com> Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:21:46 +0000
** Changed in: eject (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673627
Title:
dmcrypt-get-device does not check the return values of setuid() or
setgid()
Status in eject package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device does not properly
handle errors returned from setuid()/setgid() despite being a setuid-
root binary. Although it looks to be handling trustworthy input from
the kernel after the setuid()/setgid() calls, the intent is to be
parsing the data as a non-root user.
Here's the original report:
I noticed that dmcrypt-get-device is suid root. it's source code is
apparently written at ubuntu (according to the comments)
The code for which I found at
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/eject/eject_2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1.diff.gz
which has the following comments:
* Opening /dev/mapper/control requires root privileges, therefore this
* program needs to be installed setuid root. Root privileges are dropped
* immediately after querying the information from the device mapper. The
* parsing is done with normal user privileges afterwards.
The priv dropping happens in dmcrypt-get-device.c and looks as
follows:
/* Drop all privileges */
setgid(getgid());
setuid(getuid());
This unfortunately doesn't account for a failed call to setuid(), which would
then perform the parsing as root.
You'll probably want to fix both the call to setgid() and setuid() with
proper return value checks.
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