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CVE-2016-5387

Published: Jul 19, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
8.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
55.7%
Top 1.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.23 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. NOTE: the vendor states "This mitigation has been assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5387"; in other words, this is not a CVE ID for a vulnerability.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
communications user data repositoryOn-premDatabase
Databases
enterprise manager ops centerOn-premWeb App
Databases / db-tooling
linuxOn-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
solarisOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
jboss web serverOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
jboss enterprise web serverOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
jboss core servicesOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
leapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
http serverOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
hp
commercial·USaka hewlett packard, hpe
system management homepageOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
and 8 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036330
securitytracker.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1420
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1635
access.redhat.com
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