Issued:
2015-08-24
Updated:
2015-08-24

RHSA-2015:1668 - Moderate: httpd security update


Synopsis

Moderate: httpd security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated httpd packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Multiple flaws were found in the way httpd parsed HTTP requests and responses using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted request, which httpd would decode differently from an HTTP proxy software in front of it, possibly leading to HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2015-3183)

All httpd users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, the httpd service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.7i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.7i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node6.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • httpd-tools-2.2.15-47.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.2.15-47.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-47.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.2.15-47.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.2.15-47.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-47.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • httpd-2.2.15-47.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.2.15-47.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • httpd-2.2.15-47.el6_7.src.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390x.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.2.15-47.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-2.2.15-47.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.2.15-47.el6_7.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.2.15-47.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.2.15-47.el6_7.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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