SUSE-SU-2016:1819-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:1819-1

    Published: 18 Jul 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5387
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-5387

    Summary: Security update for apache2

    Details: This update for apache2 fixes the following issues: * It used to be possible to set an arbitrary $HTTP_PROXY environment variable for request handlers -- like CGI scripts -- by including a specially crafted HTTP header in the request (CVE-2016-5387). As a result, these server components would potentially direct all their outgoing HTTP traffic through a malicious proxy server. This patch fixes the issue: the updated Apache server ignores such HTTP headers and never sets $HTTP_PROXY for sub-processes (unless a value has been explicitly configured by the administrator in the configuration file). (bsc#988488)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161819-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/988488, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5387

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apache2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/apache2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.12-64.1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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