PublicDateAtUSN: 2016-10-25
Candidate: CVE-2016-1247
PublicDate: 2016-11-29 17:59:00 UTC
References: 
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1247
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3114-1
 http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html
Description:
 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.
Ubuntu-Description: 
Notes: 
 mdeslaur> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS never got the update for CVE-2013-0337 which
 mdeslaur> introduced this issue.
Bugs: 
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Dawid Golunski
Assigned-to: mdeslaur
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_nginx:
upstream_nginx: needs-triage
precise_nginx: not-affected (1.1.19-1ubuntu0.8)
trusty_nginx: released (1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6)
trusty/esm_nginx: released (1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_nginx: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_nginx: DNE
xenial_nginx: released (1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3)
esm-infra/xenial_nginx: released (1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3)
yakkety_nginx: released (1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1)
devel_nginx: released (1.10.1-0ubuntu5)