Medium: httpd

Issue Overview:

Hash (#) character matches all IPs:
A regression was found in httpd, causing comments in the “Allow” and “Deny” configuration lines to be parsed incorrectly. A web administrator could unintentionally allow any client to access a restricted HTTP resource. (CVE-2017-12171)

Affected Packages:

httpd

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

New Packages:

i686:  
    mod_ssl-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-tools-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-devel-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.i686  
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    httpd-manual-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    httpd-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    httpd-devel-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.x86_64  
    httpd-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.x86_64  
    mod_ssl-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.x86_64  
    httpd-debuginfo-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.x86_64  
    httpd-tools-2.2.34-1.16.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-12171

Mitre: CVE-2017-12171