Executive Summary

Summary
Title nginx vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3114-1 First vendor Publication 2016-10-25
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2016-10-25
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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 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 LTS:
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 LTS:
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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3114-1
CVE-2016-1247

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 465

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-12 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3114-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3701.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3114-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2016-11-30 00:23:37
  • Multiple Updates
2016-11-29 21:27:20
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2016-10-29 13:26:07
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2016-10-27 13:26:38
  • Multiple Updates
2016-10-26 00:22:11
  • First insertion