Back Linuxsecurity Fedora 43: nginx-mod-vts Critical Memory Leak Vulnerability CVE-2025
Nginx virtual host traffic status module. Update Information : Changes with nginx 1.28.1 23 Dec 2025 *) Security: processing of a specially crafted login/password when using the "none" authentication method in the ngx_mail_smtp_module might cause worker process memory disclosure to the authentication server (CVE-2025-53859). *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if the "try_files" directive and "proxy_pass" with a URI were used. *) Bugfix: in handling "Host" and ":authority" header lines with equal values when using HTTP/2; the bug had appeared in 1.17.9. *) Bugfix: in handling "Host" header lines with a port when using HTTP/3. *) Bugfix: an XCLIENT command didn't use the xtext encoding. Thanks to Igor Morgenstern of Aisle Research. *) Bugfix: in SSL certificate caching during reconfiguration. *) Bugfix: in delta-seconds processing in the "Cache-Control" backend response header line. *) Change: the native nginx/Windows binary release is now ...
Nginx virtual host traffic status module.
Changes with nginx 1.28.1 23 Dec 2025 *) Security: processing of a specially crafted login/password when using the "none" authentication method in the ngx_mail_smtp_module might cause worker process memory disclosure to the authentication server (CVE-2025-53859). *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if the "try_files" directive and "proxy_pass" with a URI were used. *) Bugfix: in handling "Host" and ":authority" header lines with equal values when using HTTP/2; the bug had appeared in 1.17.9. *) Bugfix: in handling "Host" header lines with a port when using HTTP/3. *) Bugfix: an XCLIENT command didn't use the xtext encoding. Thanks to Igor Morgenstern of Aisle Research. *) Bugfix: in SSL certificate caching during reconfiguration. *) Bugfix: in delta-seconds processing in the "Cache-Control" backend response header line. *) Change: the native nginx/Windows binary release is now ...
* Fri Dec 26 2025 Felix Kaechele - 0.2.4-4 - Rebuild for 1.28.1
* Fri Dec 26 2025 Felix Kaechele - 0.2.4-4 - Rebuild for 1.28.1
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-8aa169ea14 2026-01-03 00:41:36.670931+00:00 Name : nginx-mod-vts Product : Fedora 43 Version : 0.2.4 Release : 4.fc43 URL : Summary : Nginx virtual host traffic status module Description : Nginx virtual host traffic status module.
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-8aa169ea14 2026-01-03 00:41:36.670931+00:00 Name : nginx-mod-vts Product : Fedora 43 Version : 0.2.4 Release : 4.fc43 URL : Summary : Nginx virtual host traffic status module Description : Nginx virtual host traffic status module.
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-8aa169ea14' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
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