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: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2016-1247

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2dTFcbH