CVE-2016-1000110
Public on 2016-09-01
Modified on 2016-09-01
Description
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | 2016-09-01 | ALAS-2016-741 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python27 | 2016-09-01 | ALAS-2016-741 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python34 | 2016-09-01 | ALAS-2016-741 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |