Description
The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.
Published: 2016-11-29
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 10.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3701-1 nginx security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3701-2 nginx regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-2346 The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3114-1 nginx vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
F5 Nginx
Fedoraproject Fedora
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.613Z

Reserved: 2015-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1247

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-29T17:59:00.167

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1247

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1247 - Bugzilla

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