Cannot update or reinstall httpd package, message "error: unpacking of archive failed" is printed

Issue

• Trying to update httpd package, the installation fails with the following message

  # yum -y update httpd
  [...]
        Installing : httpd-2.4.6-90.el7.x86_64                                                             1/1 
  Error unpacking rpm package httpd-2.4.6-90.el7.x86_64
  error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/httpd/logs: cpio: rename
    Verifying  : httpd-2.4.6-90.el7.x86_64                                                             1/1 
  
  Failed:
    httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-90.el7                                                                            
  
  Complete!