CVE-2016-1247

NameCVE-2016-1247
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3701-1
Debian Bugs842295

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nginx (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.6.2-5+deb8u10fixed
stretch (security)1.10.3-1+deb9u7fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.10.3-1+deb9u8fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.14.2-2+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.18.0-6.1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm1.22.1-9fixed
sid, trixie1.26.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nginxsourcewheezy(not affected)
nginxsourcejessie1.6.2-5+deb8u3DSA-3701-1
nginxsource(unstable)1.10.2-1842295

Notes

[wheezy] - nginx <not-affected> (Introduced by the fix for CVE-2013-0337, not applied)
Issue introduced with the Debian specific fix for CVE-2013-0337 / #701112
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html

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