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.
References
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http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html | Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92105 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-01-10T15:00:00
Updated: 2017-01-10T12:57:01
Reserved: 2016-07-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6287
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-01-10T15:59:00.347
Modified: 2017-01-11T00:30:39.473
Link: CVE-2016-6287
JSON object: View
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