ALAS2-2020-1446

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-20060  

urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme). This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext. (CVE-2018-20060)

ALAS2-2020-1446


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1446
Advisory Release Date: 2020-06-26 22:55 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-07-01 00:03 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2018-20060 

Issue Overview:

urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme). This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext. (CVE-2018-20060)


Affected Packages:

python-urllib3


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-urllib3 to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    python-urllib3-1.25.7-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    python-urllib3-1.25.7-1.amzn2.0.1.src