Bug 1136290 – SetHandler to proxy support

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Bug 1136290 - SetHandler to proxy support

Summary:	SetHandler to proxy support

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	httpd (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Web Stack Team
QA Contact:	Martin Frodl
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Blocks:	1136906
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Reported:	2014-09-02 05:40 EDT by Remi Collet
Modified:	2015-03-05 02:13 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	httpd-2.4.6-24.el7
Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	Feature: Add support for using SetHandler together with mod_proxy. Reason: There was no way to use SetHandler with mod_proxy to configure it to use proxy for the incoming requests. This is useful for using for example php-fpm with event or worker MPM. Result: SetHandler directive has been improved to allow setting proxy as a handler in, for example, following format: SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000".
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Last Closed:	2015-03-05 02:13:10 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0325	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: httpd security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-03-05 06:59:16 EST

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Description Remi Collet 2014-09-02 05:40:52 EDT

The simple and common way to enable PHP support in Apache http server is using mod_php and

    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php

Using httpd with worker or event MPM doesn't have support for mod_php
With RHSCL various PHP versions are available, but only one mod_php can be enabled.

The solution is to use php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi.

But configuration, to redirect PHP script to FPM, requires to use ProxyPass(Match) which is really not simple.

As ProxyPass is evaluated in the very beginning of an http request, it don't honours alias or htaccess rules.

SetHandler is evaluated at the very end of an http request.

httpd 2.4.10 have SetHandler to proxy support which allow to use 

    SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"

Please consider backporting this great feature in RHEL

For memory, commit in fedora (at 2.4.9 time)
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/httpd.git/commit/?id=5b3da1ff0f24d6da3394e65c24656ab77dada3b3

Comment 6 Orsiris de Jong 2014-12-11 17:03:40 EST

Using php-fpm with actual httpd 2.4.6 package needs use of ProxyPassMatch directive which can lead to malicious code execution.
Example:

Using the following directive:
ProxyPassMatch ^/(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000/path/to/your/documentroot

Malicious code injection:
/uploads/malicious.jpg/lalalaalala.php will lead php-fpm to execute malicious.jpg (source https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PHP-FPM )

Might the SetHanlder enhancement be considered as a security enhancement and therefore backported ?

Regards,
Ozy.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 02:13:10 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0325.html

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