Description of problem: Current version of Nginx 0.8.55 in EPEL 5 is out-dated and contains vulnerabilities. See: http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html Solution: rebase to Nginx 1.8.1.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VFCIBCTGIYMVJCCUE3ZQVAARVHUF3YPP/
I read up on the thread, are you still moving forward with the update to latest release path? (Which I support)
nginx-1.10.1-1.el5 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 5. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-c03e77f531
nginx-1.10.1-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-c03e77f531
nginx-1.10.1-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.