USN-2531-1: Requests vulnerability
16 March 2015
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.