The default configuration of nginx, possibly 1.3.13 and earlier, uses world-readable permissions for the (1) access.log and (2) error.log files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
Link | Tags |
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http://secunia.com/advisories/55181 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/24/1 | mailing list |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/1 | mailing list |
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml | vendor advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/21/15 | mailing list |