1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2531-1

USN-2531-1: Requests vulnerability

Publication date

16 March 2015

Overview

Requests could be made to expose cookies over the network.

Releases

Packages

  • requests - elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details

Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without
host values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks.

Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without
host values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.10 utopic python-requests –  2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
python3-requests –  2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty python-requests –  2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2
python3-requests –  2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2

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