[USN-2382-1] Requests vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2382-1
October 14, 2014

requests vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Requests could be made to expose authentication credentials over the
network.

Software Description:
- requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details:

Jakub Wilk discovered that Requests incorrectly reused authentication
credentials after being redirected. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to obtain authentication credentials intended for another site.
(CVE-2014-1829, CVE-2014-1830)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-requests                 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
  python3-requests                2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2382-1
  CVE-2014-1829, CVE-2014-1830

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1


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