vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3114-2: nginx regression

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Oct 27, 2016
Added
Oct 27, 2016
Modified
Feb 19, 2025

Description


USN-3114-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. A packaging issue prevented nginx from being reinstalled or upgraded to a subsequent release. This update fixes the problem.


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Original advisory details:


Dawid Golunski discovered that the nginx package incorrectly handled log file permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root privileges.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-nginx-commonubuntu-upgrade-nginx-coreubuntu-upgrade-nginx-extrasubuntu-upgrade-nginx-fullubuntu-upgrade-nginx-light
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