fkie_cve-2016-1247
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-11-29 17:59
Modified
2024-11-21 02:46
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/
security@debian.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQsExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQsExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 nginx *
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.10
f5 nginx *
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
f5 nginx *
debian debian_linux 8.0
f5 nginx *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject fedora 34
fedoraproject fedora 35


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}


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