CVE-2016-6286 Server-side request forgery in n/a
Attackers can redirect CGI traffic to malicious proxies via the httpoxy vulnerability in spiffy-cgi-handlers, potentially intercepting or modifying data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6286?
CVE-2016-6286 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6286?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Call-Cc Http-Client.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6286?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6286 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2016-6286 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6286 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8x6-23c3-3g6v.