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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2014-414) (CVE-2013-5704)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2014-414) (CVE-2013-5704)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/15/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/26/2014
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The mod_headers module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 allows remote attackers to bypass "RequestHeader unset" directives by placing a header in the trailer portion of data sent with chunked transfer coding. NOTE: the vendor states "this is not a security issue in httpd as such."

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd-manual
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd-tools
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-mod_ssl

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