It was discovered that python-twisted-web used the value of the Proxy header from HTTP requests to initialize the HTTP_PROXY environment variable for CGI scripts, which in turn was incorrectly used by certain HTTP client implementations to configure the proxy for outgoing HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to redirect HTTP requests performed by a CGI script to an attacker-controlled proxy via a malicious HTTP request.
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Statement
This issue affects the versions of python-twisted as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6.x. However due to the manner in which python-twisted is used exploitation of this issue by an attacker would require significant access to the server, or be able to modify requests from other users via additional vulnerabilities. A future update may address this issue.