CVE-2016-1000104

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-07-18
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1353760: CVE-2016-1000104 mod_fcgid: mod_fcgid sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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Find out more about CVE-2016-1000104 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue is addressed through the Apache HTTPD update for CVE-2016-5387 which prevent the Proxy header from automatically being converted into the HTTP_PROXY environmental variable. Unless the "FcgidPassHeader Proxy" is used mod_fcgid is not vulnerable to this attack when used with updated HTTPD. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mod_fcgid Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Scott Geary (VendHQ) for reporting this issue.

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