Synopsis:          Important: httpd security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2014:0920-1
Issue Date:        2014-07-23
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2014-0231
                   CVE-2014-0118
                   CVE-2014-0226
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A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was found
in the mod_status httpd module. A remote attacker able to access a status
page served by mod_status on a server using a threaded Multi-Processing
Module (MPM) could send a specially crafted request that would cause the
httpd child process to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the "apache" user. (CVE-2014-0226)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_deflate module
handled request body decompression (configured via the "DEFLATE" input
filter). A remote attacker able to send a request whose body would be
decompressed could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of system
memory and CPU on the target system. (CVE-2014-0118)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_cgid module
executed CGI scripts that did not read data from the standard input. A
remote attacker could submit a specially crafted request that would cause
the httpd child process to hang indefinitely. (CVE-2014-0231)

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted
automatically.
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SL5
  x86_64
    httpd-2.2.3-87.sl5.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.3-87.sl5.x86_64.rpm
    mod_ssl-2.2.3-87.sl5.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.2.3-87.sl5.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-manual-2.2.3-87.sl5.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    httpd-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
    mod_ssl-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
    httpd-manual-2.2.3-87.sl5.i386.rpm
SL6
  x86_64
    httpd-2.2.15-31.sl6.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-31.sl6.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-tools-2.2.15-31.sl6.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.2.15-31.sl6.x86_64.rpm
    mod_ssl-2.2.15-31.sl6.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    httpd-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
    httpd-tools-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
    mod_ssl-2.2.15-31.sl6.i686.rpm
  noarch
    httpd-manual-2.2.15-31.sl6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team