Improper Authentication Affecting nginx package, versions [1.11.4,1.26.3)[1.27.0,1.27.4)
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- published9 Feb 2025
- disclosed5 Feb 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 5 Feb 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade nginx to version 1.26.3, 1.27.4 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to improper handling of TLS session resumption. An attacker can intercept and decrypt communications by exploiting this weakness in the session resumption process.
This is only exploitable if the server is configured to use TLS session resumption without proper session ticket key rotation.