Same issue just appeared out of nowhere on my 8.3.0 box.
Code:
2012/12/23 03:08:40 [error] 14088#0: *912 upstream prematurely closed connection while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: localhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1
.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:40 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:46 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:46 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:46 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:46 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:47 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:47 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:47 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:47 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:47 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:48 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:48 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:48 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:48 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:08:48 [error] 14088#0: *912 writev() failed (32: Broken pipe) while sending request to upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: localhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1",
upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:09:16 [error] 14088#0: *912 writev() failed (32: Broken pipe) while sending request to upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: localhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream:
"fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"
2012/12/23 03:09:16 [error] 14088#0: *912 kevent() reported about an closed connection (61: Connection refused) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.50, server: lo
calhost, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9042", host: "192.168.1.30"