High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6286
CVE-2016-6286
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <0.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-07/msg00000.htmlnvdMitigationThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92105nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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