CVE-2016-6286 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92105

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5