CVE-2016-5385: httpoxy vulnerability

July 18, 2016 (updated March 4, 2019)

humbug_get_contents is affected by httpoxy, a set of vulnerabilities that affect application code running in CGI, or CGI-like environments. If a vulnerable HTTP client makes an outgoing HTTP connection, while running in a server-side CGI application, an attacker may be able to: * Proxy the outgoing HTTP requests made by the web application * Direct the server to open outgoing connections to an address and port of their choosing * Tie up server resources by forcing the vulnerable software to use a malicious proxy

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