{"id":"MGASA-2016-0340","summary":"Updated python-twisted-web packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that python-twisted-web used the value of the Proxy header\nfrom HTTP requests to initialize the HTTP_PROXY environment variable for CGI\nscripts, which in turn was incorrectly used by certain HTTP client\nimplementations to configure the proxy for outgoing HTTP requests. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this flaw to redirect HTTP requests performed by \na CGI script to an attacker-controlled proxy via a malicious HTTP request.\n(CVE-2016-1000111)\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:03.575528970Z","published":"2016-10-12T13:46:10Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-1000111"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0340.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19496"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1978.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-twisted-web","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-twisted-web?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"14.0.1-3.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0340.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}