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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2018-18074: Vulnerability in Requests

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2018-18074: Vulnerability in Requests

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/09/2018
Created
11/21/2019
Added
11/20/2019
Modified
02/17/2022

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)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-requests-2-9-1-11-4-15-0-1-1-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-requests-27-2-9-1-11-4-15-0-1-1-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-requests-34-2-9-1-11-4-15-0-1-1-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-requests-35-2-9-1-11-4-15-0-1-1-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-requests-37-2-9-1-11-4-15-0-1-1-0

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