| Name | CVE-2016-1247 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3701-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 842295 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nginx (PTS) | bullseye | 1.18.0-6.1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.18.0-6.1+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.22.1-9+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.26.3-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nginx | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| nginx | source | jessie | 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 | | DSA-3701-1 | |
| nginx | source | (unstable) | 1.10.2-1 | | | 842295 |
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