Link Following Affecting rh-nginx18-nginx package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHNGINX18NGINX-4496304
  • published16 Jun 2022
  • disclosed25 Oct 2016

Introduced: 25 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-1247  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rh-nginx18-nginx.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-nginx18-nginx package and not the rh-nginx18-nginx package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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