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FreeBSD: VID-50AD9A9A-1E28-11E9-98D7-0050562A4D7B: www/py-requests -- Information disclosure vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-50AD9A9A-1E28-11E9-98D7-0050562A4D7B: www/py-requests -- Information disclosure vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/27/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/23/2019
Modified
01/28/2019

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)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py27-requests
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py35-requests
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py36-requests
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py37-requests

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