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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS & 14.10: USN-2531-1 Critical: Requests Cookie Exposure

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 16, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Network communications in Ubuntu might inadvertently reveal cookies, posing a risk of exploitation. Urgent patch advised.
Requests could be made to expose cookies over the network.

Summary

Requests could be made to expose cookies over the network.

Software Description:

- requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details:

Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without

host values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use

this issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote attack ubuntu session fixation cookie exposure requests

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  python-requests                 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
  python3-requests                2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-requests                 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2
  python3-requests                2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2531-1

CVE-2015-2296

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March 16, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote attack ubuntu session fixation cookie exposure requests

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2

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