Improper Access Control Affecting golang-misc package, versions <0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
17.72% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GOLANGMISC-2506968
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • 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 Oracle:7 golang-misc to version 0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-1538.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-misc package and not the golang-misc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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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