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.
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{ "availability": "No subscription required", "ubuntu_priority": "medium", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-common" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-core" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-core-dbg" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-core-dbgsym" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-doc" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-extras" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-extras-dbg" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-extras-dbgsym" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-full" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-full-dbg" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-full-dbgsym" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-light" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-light-dbg" }, { "binary_version": "1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3", "binary_name": "nginx-light-dbgsym" } ] }