USN-6155-1: Requests vulnerability

Publication date

12 June 2023

Overview

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


Packages

  • 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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar python3-requests –  2.28.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
22.10 kinetic python3-requests –  2.27.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
22.04 jammy python3-requests –  2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal python3-requests –  2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1

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