CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6286

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The 'spiffy-cgi-handlers' package converts a nonexistent 'Proxy' header to the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, allowing attackers to direct CGI programs to use an attacker-specified HTTP proxy server. This affects all versions of spiffy-cgi-handlers before 0.5.

Risk Assessment

The httpoxy attack can lead to interception of data transmitted by applications using this package, posing a serious threat to the organization's data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the 'spiffy-cgi-handlers' package to version 0.5 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS