CVE-2016-1000107

erlang: allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy serve

Published Dec 10, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
inets in Erlang possibly 22.1 and earlier follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1052 inets in Erlang possibly 22.1 and earlier follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation

  • CWE-601

    URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:55 AM
Reserved
Jul 18, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 10, 2019, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:38 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 10, 2019, 12:00 AM