Source: requests Version: 2.18.4-2 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for requests. CVE-2018-18074[0]: | The Requests package through 2.19.1 before 2018-09-14 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18074 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18074 [1] https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 [2] https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff [3] https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
