Ubuntu alert USN-2531-1 (requests)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
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[USN-2531-1] Requests vulnerability 
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Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:50:29 -0400
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2531-1
March 16, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Requests could be made to expose cookies over the network.

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

Details:

Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without
host values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  python-requests                 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
  python3-requests                2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-requests                 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2
  python3-requests                2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2531-1
  CVE-2015-2296

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.3.0-1ubun...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.2.1-1ubun...


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