CVE-2016-6286 (GCVE-0-2016-6286)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The "spiffy-cgi-handlers" egg would convert a nonexistent "Proxy" header to the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which would allow attackers to direct CGI programs which use this environment variable to use an attacker-specified HTTP proxy server (also known as a "httpoxy" attack). This affects all versions of spiffy-cgi-handlers before 0.5.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announc… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92105 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2016-07-21 00:00
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