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distribution-gpg-keys: privilege escalation

Package(s):distribution-gpg-keys mock CVE #(s):CVE-2016-6299
Created:September 19, 2016 Updated:September 21, 2016
Description: From the Red Hat bugzilla:

It was found that mock's scm plug-in would parse a given spec file with root privileges. This could allow an attacker who is able to start a build of an rpm with a specially crafted spec file within mock's environment to elevate their privileges and escape the chroot.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2016-5 mock 2016-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2016-5 distribution-gpg-keys 2016-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2016-145afea99e mock 2016-09-16
Fedora FEDORA-2016-145afea99e distribution-gpg-keys 2016-09-16

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