Published: 27/11/2019 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.1 | Impact Score: 2.7 | Exploitability Score: 2.8

VMScore: 525

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

The CGIHandler class in Python prior to 2.7.12 does not protect against the HTTP_PROXY variable name clash in a CGI script, which could allow a remote malicious user to redirect HTTP requests.

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Several security issues were fixed in Python ...

It was discovered that the Python CGIHandler class did not properly protect against the HTTP_PROXY variable name clash in a CGI context A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to redirect HTTP requests performed by a Python CGI script to an attacker-controlled proxy via a malicious HTTP request ...

15-year-old security hole HTTPoxy returns to menace websites – it has a name, logo too

The Register • Darren Pauli • 18 Jul 2016

So you know it's really scary

A dangerous easy-to-exploit vulnerability discovered 15 years ago has reared its head again, leaving server-side website software potentially open to hijackers. The Apache Software Foundation, Red Hat, Ngnix and others have rushed to warn programmers of the so-called httpoxy flaw, specifically: CVE-2016-5385 in PHP; CVE-2016-5386 in Go; CVE-2016-5387 in Apache HTTP server; CVE-2016-5388 in Apache TomCat; CVE-2016-1000109 in PHP-engine HHVM; and CVE-2016-1000110 in Python. This security hole, pre...

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