CVE-2016-6287 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 w...
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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 products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| call-cc http-client | <= 0.9 | 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