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SUSE: CVE-2018-18074: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-18074: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/09/2018
Created
07/23/2019
Added
07/21/2019
Modified
02/22/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-python-requests
  • suse-upgrade-python2-requests
  • suse-upgrade-python2-requests-test
  • suse-upgrade-python3-requests
  • suse-upgrade-python3-requests-test

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:1487-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1487-2
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2027-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2047-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:0555-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:1792-1
  • USN-3790-1
  • USN-3790-2
  • CVE-2018-18074
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