MGASA-2020-0269 - Updated python-httplib2 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 04 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0269.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-11078

Updated python-httplib2 packages fix security vulnerability:

In httplib2, an attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for
httplib2.Http.request() could change request headers and body, send
additional hidden requests to same server. This vulnerability impacts
software that uses httplib2 with uri constructed by string concatenation,
as opposed to proper urllib building with escaping (CVE-2020-11078).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26750
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2232
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11078

SRPMS:
- 7/core/python-httplib2-0.18.0-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0269: python-httplib2 security update

Updated python-httplib2 packages fix security vulnerability: In httplib2, an attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request() could change request headers an...

Summary

Updated python-httplib2 packages fix security vulnerability:
In httplib2, an attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request() could change request headers and body, send additional hidden requests to same server. This vulnerability impacts software that uses httplib2 with uri constructed by string concatenation, as opposed to proper urllib building with escaping (CVE-2020-11078).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26750

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2232

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11078

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0269 - Updated python-httplib2 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/python-httplib2-0.18.0-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 04 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0269.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-11078

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