Improper Access Control Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.5.3-1.22.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
16.28% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-1700414
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 Jul 2016

Introduced: 19 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.5.3-1.22.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-731.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-tests package and not the golang-tests package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The net/http package in Go through 1.6 does not attempt to address RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 namespace conflicts and therefore does not protect CGI applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect a CGI application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.

CVSS Scores

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