Requests (aka python-requests) before 2.3.0 allows remote servers to obtain a netrc password by reading the Authorization header in a redirected request.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-1829 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of python-requests as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they included a fix for this issue at GA.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 2.6 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | python-requests | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 | python-requests | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-requests | Not affected |