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Data Processing Errors

CVE-2016-6286

High
7.5/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-19 - Data Processing Errors

Weaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published