USN-3114-2: nginx regression
USN-3114-2: nginx regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3114-2 27th October, 2016 nginx regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary USN-3114-1 introduced a regression in nginx packaging. Software description nginx – small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server Details USN-3114-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. A packaging issue preventednginx from being reinstalled or upgraded to a subsequent release. Thisupdate fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Dawid Golunski discovered that the nginx package incorrectly handled log file permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: nginx-extras 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 nginx-full 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 nginx-common 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 nginx-light 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 nginx-core 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: nginx-extras 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 nginx-full 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 nginx-common [ more… ]