Mageia: 2018-0475 Critical: Python-Requests HTTP Header Exploit
mageia
December 2, 2018
It was discovered that Requests incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers
Summary
It was discovered that Requests incorrectly handled certain HTTP
headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information (CVE-2018-18074).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23694
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3790-1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/ODR7ZTGPEISZ35PPEJLPU5CAE5D23CXV/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18074
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/python-requests-2.11.1-2.1.mga6
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Publication date: 02 Dec 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0475.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-18074
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