CVE-2018-20060

Publication date 11 December 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme). This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-urllib3 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1.22-1ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.22-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.13.1-2ubuntu0.16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-urllib3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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