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CVE-2016-6299

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Date: April 14, 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.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375490

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92948

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6299

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6299

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VYLMPA5VLLX67DUJ6XLJ2TIW6CX2CFL4/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6299

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFC4LU6GYYEVUK6LQ2FKUGMZXRTLLL5A/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5PH2YGYWYUAYPHK32SGUZGZXQEBEYNK/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/13/2

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6299

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version mock-1.2.21

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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