Community 1.6.01

Summary: PortSwigger released Burp Suite Community Edition 1.6.01 on 29 April 2015, backporting two security fixes from v1.6.17 Professional: the Proxy now strips Proxy-* headers from client requests by default, and a bug in following cross-domain redirections that caused Burp to send the original request's cookies to the redirected domain has been fixed. The release is otherwise functionally identical to v1.6 Free Edition.
What you should know: The redirection bug could leak sensitive cookie data to a different, potentially untrusted domain, and the header fix addresses attacks where a malicious site induces a browser to place sensitive data in proxy headers - both risks that persist for anyone still running the older Free Edition.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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