Open redirect in Python - CVE-2016-1000110

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Open redirect in Python - CVE-2016-1000110

Published: November 27, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35027
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000110
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The CGIHandler class in Python before 2.7.12 does not protect against the HTTP_PROXY variable name clash in a CGI script, which could allow a remote attacker to redirect HTTP requests.


Affected software

Python
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
Fedora
python
python3

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1000110

Install update from vendor's website.

Python - update to 2.7.12
python - addressed in versions 2.7.11-8.fc23, 2.7.12-2.fc24, 2.7.12-3.fc25
python3 - addressed in versions 3.4.3-12.fc23, 3.5.1-13.fc24, 3.5.1-15.fc25

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