CVE-2016-6349

Publication date 29 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The machinectl command in oci-register-machine allows local users to list running containers and possibly obtain sensitive information by running that command.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
systemd	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

only affects project atomic docker hook, and upstream doesn't think this is a security issue.

sbeattie

project atomic has agreed; marking systemd as not-affected

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.3 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.3 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N