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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2014:0917-01 High: nginx Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2014
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Enhanced nginx packages for CentOS address various vulnerabilities. Discover further details about the advisory's impacts and revisions.
Updated httpd packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.
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 NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the mod_cache httpd module. A malicious HTTP server could cause the httpd child process to crash when the Apache HTTP Server was used as a forward proxy with caching. (CVE-2013-4352)
A denial of service flaw was found in the mod_proxy httpd module. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a server configured as a reverse proxy using a threaded Multi-Processing Modules (MPM) that would cause the httpd child process to crash. (CVE-2014-0117)
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)
All httpd users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4352 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0117 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0118 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0226 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0231 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch: httpd-manual-2.4.6-18.el7_0.noarch.rpm
x86_64: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm httpd-devel-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm httpd-tools-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_ldap-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_session-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_ssl-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch: httpd-manual-2.4.6-18.el7_0.noarch.rpm
x86_64: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm httpd-devel-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm httpd-tools-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_ldap-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_session-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mod_ssl-2.4.6-18.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch: httpd-manual-2.4.6-18.el7_0.noarch.rpm
ppc64: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.ppc64.rpm httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-18.el7_0.ppc64.rpm httpd-devel-2.4.6-18.el7_0.ppc64.rpm httpd-tools-2.4.6-18.el7_0.ppc64.rpm mod_ssl-2.4.6-18.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
s390x: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7_0.s390x.rpm httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-18.el7_0.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0921-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-07-23

Topic

Updated httpd packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingImportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1120596 - CVE-2014-0231 httpd: mod_cgid denial of service

1120599 - CVE-2014-0117 httpd: mod_proxy denial of service

1120601 - CVE-2014-0118 httpd: mod_deflate denial of service

1120603 - CVE-2014-0226 httpd: mod_status heap-based buffer overflow

1120604 - CVE-2013-4352 httpd: mod_cache NULL pointer dereference crash

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