CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6299

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-04-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2017-04-14
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Description

The scm plug-in in mock might allow attackers to bypass the intended chroot protection mechanism and gain root privileges via a crafted spec file.

Affected configurations

• fedoraproject fedora 23 • fedoraproject fedora 24 • fedoraproject fedora 25 • mock project scm plugin

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-264

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/13/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375490 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFC4LU6GYYEVUK6LQ2FKUGMZXRTLLL5A/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VYLMPA5VLLX67DUJ6XLJ2TIW6CX2CFL4/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5PH2YGYWYUAYPHK32SGUZGZXQEBEYNK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/13/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375490 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFC4LU6GYYEVUK6LQ2FKUGMZXRTLLL5A/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VYLMPA5VLLX67DUJ6XLJ2TIW6CX2CFL4/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5PH2YGYWYUAYPHK32SGUZGZXQEBEYNK/ lists.fedoraproject.org