Description
The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/ ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035 ↗
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html ↗
- http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/910766 ↗
- https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff ↗
- https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 ↗
- https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 ↗