PYSEC-2018-28
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2018-18074
- Aliases
- GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg
Description
The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · requests | introduced 0, fixed c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff ; introduced 0, fixed 2.20.0 |
References
- https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 WEB
- https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 REPORT
- https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff FIX
- https://bugs.debian.org/910766 WEB
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/ WEB
- http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history WEB
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/ WEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg ADVISORY
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — PyPA Advisory Database |