High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6287
CVE-2016-6287
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.
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1Patches
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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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