CVE-2016-1247

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions nginx versions prior to 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie nginx versions prior to 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS nginx versions prior to 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS nginx versions prior to 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10 nginx versions prior to 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo

Description The issue allows local users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.

Recommendations For Debian jessie, update to version 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 or later. For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, update to version 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 or later. For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, update to version 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 or later. For Ubuntu 16.10, update to version 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 or later. For Gentoo, update to version 1.10.2-r3 or later.