Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-18074: Security patch for python-requests, python-virtualenv (Multiple Advisories)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
10/09/2018
05/08/2020
04/27/2020
09/30/2022
Description
The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-requests
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-virtualenv
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