# CVE-2016-5386: 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 protec

- Also known as: GO-2022-0761
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.3
- Published: 2016-07-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- stdlib (Go): fixed in 1.6.3

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797896
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353798
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WGHKKCFP4PLVSWQKCM3FJJPEWB5ZNTU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OR52UXGM6RKSCWF3KQMVZGVZVJ3WEESJ/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03770en_us
- https://httpoxy.org/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

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