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Ubuntu 16.xx: USN-3115-1 Severe OpenSSH Security Flaw Detected

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2016
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Ensure your Ubuntu system is up-to-date to mitigate the nginx security flaw that may lead to unauthorized accessibility.
The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- nginx: small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue remote access update instructions ubuntu nginx administrative access

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10:
  nginx-common                    1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
  nginx-core                      1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
  nginx-extras                    1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
  nginx-full                      1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
  nginx-light                     1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  nginx-common                    1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  nginx-core                      1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  nginx-extras                    1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  nginx-full                      1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  nginx-light                     1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  nginx-common                    1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
  nginx-core                      1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
  nginx-extras                    1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
  nginx-full                      1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
  nginx-light                     1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3114-1

CVE-2016-1247

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October 25, 2016

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue remote access update instructions ubuntu nginx administrative access

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6

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