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title: "CVE-2016-1000103\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-1000103

Publication date 3 February 2020

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none.
Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation
showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1000103?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nginx | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

I believe this is HTTPoxy, but nginx doesn't do cgi, only FastCGI
so addressing this is an admin configuration, not code modification

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

nothing to do with the nginx package, making as not-affected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000103)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000103)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-1000103)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000103)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1000103>