CVE-2016-6286 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....
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| call-cc http-client | <= 0.4.2 | No fix listed |
References
- [chicken-announce] 20160721 [SECURITY] spiffy-cgi-handlers and http-client updated to prevent "httpoxy" attack mailing-list mitigation third-party-advisory
- 92105 third-party-advisory vdb-entry