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Ubuntu 23.04 LTS USN-6155-1 Critical: Requests Info Exposure

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Requests could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6155-1
June 12, 2023

requests vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Requests could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details:

Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests incorrectly
leaked Proxy-Authorization headers. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   python3-requests                2.28.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.10:
   python3-requests                2.27.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   python3-requests                2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   python3-requests                2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6155-1
   CVE-2023-32681

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.28.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.27.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 23.04 LTS USN-6155-1 Critical: Requests Info Exposure

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Strengthen your Ubuntu setup against the Requests vulnerability, a serious threat to sensitive network data, by following these steps to secure and update your system
Requests could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: python3-requests 2.28.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.10: python3-requests 2.27.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: python3-requests 2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: python3-requests 2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6155-1

CVE-2023-32681

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June 12, 2023

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.28.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.27.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1

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