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CVE-2016-6299

Published: 14 April 2017

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mock
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1.3.2-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1.3.2-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.3.2-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.3.2-1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1.2.21)
xenial Needed

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/mock/commit/8b02f43beadacf6911200b48d94e39e891a41da9

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H