USN-3114-1: nginx vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• 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 versions:

Ubuntu 16.10

• nginx-common - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
• nginx-core - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
• nginx-extras - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
• nginx-full - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
• nginx-light - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• nginx-common - 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
• nginx-core - 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
• nginx-extras - 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
• nginx-full - 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
• nginx-light - 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

Ubuntu 14.04

• nginx-common - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
• nginx-core - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
• nginx-extras - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
• nginx-full - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
• nginx-light - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6

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

References

• CVE-2016-1247