CVE-2016-5386

Go: sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The net/http package in Go through 1.6 does not attempt to address RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 namespace conflicts and therefore does not protect CGI applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect a CGI application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.

El paquete net/http en Go hasta la versión 1.6 no intenta abordar los conflictos de espacio de nombres de RFC 3875 sección 4.1.18 y por lo tanto no protege aplicaciones CGI de la presencia de datos de clientes no confiables en ambiente variable de HTTP_PROXY, lo que podría permitir a atacantes remotos redireccionar el tráfico HTTP saliente de una aplicación CGI a un servidor proxy arbitrario a través de una cabecera Proxy manipulada en una petición HTTP, también conocido como un problema "httpoxy".

An input-validation flaw was discovered in the Go programming language built in CGI implementation, which set the environment variable "HTTP_PROXY" using the incoming "Proxy" HTTP-request header. The environment variable "HTTP_PROXY" is used by numerous web clients, including Go's net/http package, to specify a proxy server to use for HTTP and, in some cases, HTTPS requests. This meant that when a CGI-based web application ran, an attacker could specify a proxy server which the application then used for subsequent outgoing requests, allowing a man-in-the-middle attack.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-06-10 CVE Reserved
2016-07-19 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-09-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797896	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03770en_us	Third Party Advisory
https://httpoxy.org	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353798	2016-08-02
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WGHKKCFP4PLVSWQKCM3FJJPEWB5ZNTU	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OR52UXGM6RKSCWF3KQMVZGVZVJ3WEESJ	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5386	2016-08-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				23 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "23"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				24 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "24"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				7 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.2"		-		Affected
Golang Search vendor "Golang"		Go Search vendor "Golang" for product "Go"				>= 1.0 < 1.6.3 Search vendor "Golang" for product "Go" and version " >= 1.0 < 1.6.3"		-		Affected
Golang Search vendor "Golang"		Go Search vendor "Golang" for product "Go"				1.7 Search vendor "Golang" for product "Go" and version "1.7"		rc1		Affected