Prevent HTTPoxy attack (CVE-2016-1000110)
Ignore the HTTP_PROXY variable when REQUEST_METHOD environment is set, which
indicates that the script is in CGI mode.
Issue reported and patch contributed by Rémi Rampin.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 434d533..27a1d38 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@
self.assertTrue(urllib.proxy_bypass_environment('anotherdomain.com:8888'))
self.assertTrue(urllib.proxy_bypass_environment('newdomain.com:1234'))
+ def test_proxy_cgi_ignore(self):
+ try:
+ self.env.set('HTTP_PROXY', 'http://somewhere:3128')
+ proxies = urllib.getproxies_environment()
+ self.assertEqual('http://somewhere:3128', proxies['http'])
+ self.env.set('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET')
+ proxies = urllib.getproxies_environment()
+ self.assertNotIn('http', proxies)
+ finally:
+ self.env.unset('REQUEST_METHOD')
+ self.env.unset('HTTP_PROXY')
+
def test_proxy_bypass_environment_host_match(self):
bypass = urllib.proxy_bypass_environment
self.env.set('NO_PROXY',