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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2019-2035-01 Low: Python-Requests Issue

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new version of python-requests has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, classified as low severity by Red Hat.
An update for python-requests is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The python-requests package contains a library designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.
Security Fix(es):
* python-requests: Redirect from HTTPS to HTTP does not remove Authorization header (CVE-2018-18074)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux update information low severity python-requests HTTP authorization

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18074 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.src.rpm
noarch: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.src.rpm
noarch: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.src.rpm
noarch: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.src.rpm
noarch: python-requests-2.6.0-5.el7.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2035-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for python-requests is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux update information low severity python-requests HTTP authorization

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1643829 - CVE-2018-18074 python-requests: Redirect from HTTPS to HTTP does not remove Authorization header

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