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Unscored USN-3114-2 0 CVEs

nginx regression

Published Oct 27, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

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.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nginx 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.7
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS nginx 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1637058