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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-9664
2015-06-09 09:02:04
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Name        : python-requests
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 2.7.0
Release     : 1.fc21
URL         : https://pypi.org/project/requests/
Summary     : HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings
Description :
Most existing Python modules for sending HTTP requests are extremely verbose and
cumbersome. Python’s built-in urllib2 module provides most of the HTTP
capabilities you should need, but the API is thoroughly broken. This library is
designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.

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Update Information:

Inject pyOpenSSL.  https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html  https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html
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ChangeLog:

* Mon May  4 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.7.0-1
- new version
* Wed Apr 29 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.6.2-1
- new version
* Thu Apr 23 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.6.1-1
- new version
* Wed Apr 22 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.6.0-1
- new version
- Remove patch for CVE-2015-2296, now included in the upstream release.
* Mon Mar 16 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.5.3-2
- Backport fix for CVE-2015-2296.
* Thu Feb 26 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.5.3-1
- new version
* Wed Feb 18 2015 Ralph Bean  - 2.5.1-1
- new version
* Tue Dec 16 2014 Ralph Bean  - 2.5.0-3
- Pin python-urllib3 requirement at 1.10.
- Fix requirement pinning syntax.
* Thu Dec 11 2014 Ralph Bean  - 2.5.0-2
- Do the most basic of tests in the check section.
* Thu Dec 11 2014 Ralph Bean  - 2.5.0-1
- Latest upstream, 2.5.0 for #1171068
* Wed Nov  5 2014 Ralph Bean  - 2.4.3-1
- Latest upstream, 2.4.3 for #1136283
* Wed Nov  5 2014 Ralph Bean  - 2.3.0-4
- Re-do unbundling by symlinking system libs into the requests/packages/ dir.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1222024 - InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222024
  [ 2 ] Bug #1202077 - python-requests-2.6.0 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202077
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update python-requests' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 21: python-requests Security Update

June 18, 2015
Inject pyOpenSSL

Summary

Most existing Python modules for sending HTTP requests are extremely verbose and

cumbersome. Python’s built-in urllib2 module provides most of the HTTP

capabilities you should need, but the API is thoroughly broken. This library is

designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.

Update Information:

Inject pyOpenSSL. https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html

Change Log

* Mon May 4 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.7.0-1 - new version * Wed Apr 29 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.6.2-1 - new version * Thu Apr 23 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.6.1-1 - new version * Wed Apr 22 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.6.0-1 - new version - Remove patch for CVE-2015-2296, now included in the upstream release. * Mon Mar 16 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.5.3-2 - Backport fix for CVE-2015-2296. * Thu Feb 26 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.5.3-1 - new version * Wed Feb 18 2015 Ralph Bean - 2.5.1-1 - new version * Tue Dec 16 2014 Ralph Bean - 2.5.0-3 - Pin python-urllib3 requirement at 1.10. - Fix requirement pinning syntax. * Thu Dec 11 2014 Ralph Bean - 2.5.0-2 - Do the most basic of tests in the check section. * Thu Dec 11 2014 Ralph Bean - 2.5.0-1 - Latest upstream, 2.5.0 for #1171068 * Wed Nov 5 2014 Ralph Bean - 2.4.3-1 - Latest upstream, 2.4.3 for #1136283 * Wed Nov 5 2014 Ralph Bean - 2.3.0-4 - Re-do unbundling by symlinking system libs into the requests/packages/ dir.

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1222024 - InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222024 [ 2 ] Bug #1202077 - python-requests-2.6.0 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202077

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update python-requests' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : python-requests
Product : Fedora 21
Version : 2.7.0
Release : 1.fc21
URL : https://pypi.org/project/requests/
Summary : HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings

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