requests: Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.3122
                          Requests vulnerability
                              16 October 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           requests
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
                   UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-18074  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3790-1

Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on 
         platforms other than Ubuntu. It is recommended that administrators 
         running requests check for an updated version of the software for 
         their operating system.

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3790-1
October 15, 2018

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

- - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Requests could be made to expose sensitive information if it
received a specially crafted HTTP header.

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

Details:

It was discovered that Requests incorrectly handled certain HTTP
headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-requests                 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1
  python3-requests                2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-requests                 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1
  python3-requests                2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-requests                 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4
  python-requests-whl             2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4
  python3-requests                2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3790-1
  CVE-2018-18074

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4

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