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Fedora 42: Fix for mod_md Bug Related to CVE-2025-55753 Advisory

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 42 update for mod_md includes bug fixes and CVE-2025-55753 vulnerability solution. Stay secure!
This update includes the latest upstream release of mod_md, with various bug fixes and enhancements

Summary

This module manages common properties of domains for one or more

virtual hosts. Specifically it can use the ACME protocol to automate

certificate provisioning. Certificates will be configured for managed

domains and their virtual hosts automatically, including at renewal.

Update Information:

This update includes the latest upstream release of mod_md, with various bug fixes and enhancements. See https://github.com/icing/mod_md/releases for more information. A fix for the security vulnerability CVE-2025-55753 is also included.

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Change Log

* Fri Dec 5 2025 Joe Orton - 1:2.6.6-1 - update to 2.6.6 * Mon Sep 29 2025 Joe Orton - 1:2.6.2-1 - update to 2.6.2 * Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 1:2.4.26-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2420212 - CVE-2025-55753 httpd: Apache HTTP Server: mod_md (ACME), unintended retry intervals [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420212

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-7b0d558ac5' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: mod_md
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 2.6.6
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://icing.github.io/mod_md/
Summary: Certificate provisioning using ACME for the Apache HTTP Server

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security advisory fedora bug fix mod_md acme cve-2025-55753

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