DSA-3701-2 nginx -- nginxID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:602655 | Date: (C)2016-11-04 (M)2023-12-20 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
The update for nginx issued as DSA-3701-1 to address CVE-2016-1247 introduced a packaging issue, which prevents nginx from being reinstalled or upgraded to a subsequent release. Updated packages are now available to address this problem. For reference, the original advisory text follows. Dawid Golunski reported the nginx web server packages in Debian suffered from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way log files are handled. This security update changes ownership of the /var/log/nginx directory root. In addition, /var/log/nginx has to be made accessible to local users, and local users may be able to read the log files themselves local until the next logrotate invocation.