USN-6155-2: Requests vulnerability

15 June 2023

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

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Releases

Packages

  • requests - elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details

USN-6155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Requests. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and 18.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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