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CVE-2016-1000107

6.1 · MEDIUM

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 variab…

Published Dec 10, 2019CWE-601EPSS 1.42%

Overview

CVE-2016-1000107 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 10, 2019 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/6Refbugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-198Refhttpoxy.org/Refsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000107Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/6Refbugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-198Refhttpoxy.org/Refsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000107

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What is CVE-2016-1000107?

CVE-2016-1000107 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 10, 2019 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2016-1000107?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2016-1000107?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2016-1000107?

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