CVE-2016-6299

Publication date 14 April 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mock	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not in release
	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support, was needed
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

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Package	Patch details
mock	Upstream: 8b02f43

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

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