USN-3114-1: nginx vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3114-1

25th October, 2016

nginx vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

nginx
– small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

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

1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1; nginx-full

1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1; nginx-common

1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1; nginx-light

1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1; nginx-core

1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:: nginx-extras

1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3; nginx-full

1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3; nginx-common

1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3; nginx-light

1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3; nginx-core

1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:: nginx-extras

1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6; nginx-full

1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6; nginx-common

1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6; nginx-light

1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6; nginx-core

1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-1247

Source: USN-3114-1: nginx vulnerability

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