1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6155-2

USN-6155-2: Requests vulnerability

Publication date

15 June 2023

Overview

Requests could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases

Packages

  • requests - elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details

USN-6155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Requests. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and 18.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests incorrectly
leaked Proxy-Authorization headers. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information.

USN-6155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Requests. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and 18.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests incorrectly
leaked Proxy-Authorization headers. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information.

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
18.04 bionic python3-requests –  2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
python-requests –  2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
16.04 xenial python3-requests –  2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1  
python-requests –  2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1  

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