Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0120 (python-requests)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0120: Updated python-requests packages fix security vulnerability 
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Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:12:41 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0120 - Updated python-requests packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 27 Mar 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0120.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4
CVE: CVE-2015-2296

Description:
In python-requests before 2.6.0, a cookie without a host value set would use
the hostname for the redirected URL exposing requests users to session
fixation attacks and potentially cookie stealing (CVE-2015-2296).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15496
- https://warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/1
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2296

SRPMS:
- 4/core/python-requests-2.3.0-1.2.mga4