UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6299

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6299

Import Source

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6299

Upstream

Published

2017-04-14T18:59:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:45:51Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

1.*

1.1.33-1

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mock",
            "binary_version": "1.1.33-1"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6299.json"