CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-6299

Published: Apr 14, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FedoraFedoraproject23 (including)23 (including)
FedoraFedoraproject24 (including)24 (including)
FedoraFedoraproject25 (including)25 (including)
MockUbuntuartful*
MockUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
MockUbuntutrusty*
MockUbuntuupstream*
MockUbuntuxenial*
MockUbuntuyakkety*
MockUbuntuzesty*

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