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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2016-5387: Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to redirect HTTP traffic of CGI application, caused by the lack of protection of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 7, 2022
Added
Sep 7, 2022
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to redirect HTTP traffic of CGI application, caused by the lack of protection of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. By using a specially-crafted Proxy header in a HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect outbound HTTP traffic to arbitrary proxy server, also known as the "HTTPOXY" vulnerability.

Solutions

ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-pi66849-for-7_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-pi66849-for-8_0ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-7_0_0_43ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-8_0_0_13
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