USN-3038-1

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    USN-3038-1

    Published: 18 Jul 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: apache2 vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server would set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable based on the contents of the Proxy header from HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue in combination with CGI scripts that honour the HTTP_PROXY variable to redirect outgoing HTTP requests.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3038-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5387

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apache2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.7-1ubuntu4.13

    Affected versions

    2.4.6-2ubuntu2
    2.4.6-2ubuntu3
    2.4.6-2ubuntu4
    2.4.7-1ubuntu1
    2.4.7-1ubuntu2
    2.4.7-1ubuntu3
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.5
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.6
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.7
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.8
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.9
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.10
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.11

    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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