DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1247

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1247
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1247.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1247
Upstream
Published
2016-11-29T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:39Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nginx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nginx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nginx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nginx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}