What is CVE-2016-6287?

CVE-2016-6287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Call-Cc Http-Client, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-6287?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Call-Cc Http-Client

CVE-2016-6287

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.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Call-cc Http-client
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6287?: CVE-2016-6287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Call-Cc Http-Client, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-6287?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.