Important: httpd

Issue Overview:

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)

Affected Packages:

httpd

Issue Correction:
Run yum update httpd to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    httpd-tools-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-devel-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.i686  
    mod_ssl-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    httpd-manual-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    httpd-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    httpd-tools-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.x86_64  
    httpd-devel-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.x86_64  
    mod_ssl-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.x86_64  
    httpd-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.x86_64  
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-0118, CVE-2014-0226, CVE-2014-0231

Mitre: CVE-2014-0118, CVE-2014-0226, CVE-2014-0231