CVE-2016-5387

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    CVE-2016-5387

    Published: 19 Jul 2016Last Modified: 23 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04e89e873d54116a0635ef2f7061c15acc5ed27ef7500997beb65d6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r476d175be0aaf4a17680ef98c5153b4d336eaef76fb2224cc94c463a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb14daf9cc4e28d18cdc15d6a6ca74e565672fabf7ad89541071d008b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd336919f655b7ff309385e34a143e41c503e133da80414485b3abcc9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e3a24664d35bcd0a0e793e0b5fc6ca6c107f99a1b2c545c5d4b467%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WCTE7443AYZ4EGELWLVNANA2WJCJIYI/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NEKZAB7MTWVSMORHTEMCQNFFMIHCYF76/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QPQAPWQA774JPDRV4UIB2SZAX6D3UZCV/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGNHXJJSWDXAOEYH5TMXDPQVJMQQJOAZ/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00059.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1624.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1625.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1648.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1649.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1650.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3623, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797896, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91816, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036330, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3038-1, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1420, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1421, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1422, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1635, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1636, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1851, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03770en_us, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722, https://httpoxy.org/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-36, https://support.apple.com/HT208221, https://www.apache.org/security/asf-httpoxy-response.txt, https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- cd3e5a83cd5765d12b3237631c829eaff80f8425
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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