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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS USN-6155-2 Moderate: Requests Info Leak

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu USN-6156-3 tackles vulnerability exposing critical data. Users encouraged to update systems at risk.
Requests could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

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

Software Description:

- requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details:

USN-6155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Requests. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and 18.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information leak Ubuntu requests

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  python-requests                 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
  python3-requests                2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  python-requests                 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
  python3-requests                2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6155-2

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

CVE-2023-32681

June 15, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information leak Ubuntu requests

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