CVE-2016-6287

N/A
Published: January 10, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHTTP Client

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The "http-client" egg always used a HTTP_PROXY environment variable to determine whether HTTP traffic should be routed via a proxy, even when running as a CGI process. Under several web servers this would mean a user-supplied "Proxy" header could allow an attacker to direct all HTTP requests through a proxy (also known as a "httpoxy" attack). This affects all versions of http-client before 0.10.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTMitigationThird Party Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92105

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19

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