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Ubuntu 25.04: USN-7568-1 critical: requests information leak

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Requests.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7568-1
June 16, 2025

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

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Requests.

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

Details:

Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not
correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-32681)

Juho Forsén discovered that Requests did not correctly parse URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive
information. (CVE-2024-47081)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.04
  python3-requests                2.32.3+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.10
  python3-requests                2.32.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  python3-requests                2.31.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  python3-requests                2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  python3-requests                2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  python-requests                 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-requests                2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  python-requests                 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-requests                2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  python-requests                 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-requests-whl             2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-requests                2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7568-1
  CVE-2023-32681, CVE-2024-47081

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.32.3+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.32.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.31.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 25.04: USN-7568-1 critical: requests information leak

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 16, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities addressed in Requests for Ubuntu, highlighting impacted versions along with the respective patches.
Several security issues were fixed in Requests.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Requests. Software Description: - requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python Details: Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-32681) Juho Forsén discovered that Requests did not correctly parse URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-47081)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 python3-requests 2.32.3+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.10 python3-requests 2.32.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS python3-requests 2.31.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python3-requests 2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python3-requests 2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-requests 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-requests 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-requests 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-requests 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python-requests-whl 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7568-1

CVE-2023-32681, CVE-2024-47081

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.32.3+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.32.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.31.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

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