Low: python-requests security update

Synopsis

Low: python-requests security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Low

Topic

An update for python-requests is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The python-requests package contains a library designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.

Security Fix(es):

• python-requests: Redirect from HTTPS to HTTP does not remove Authorization header (CVE-2018-18074)
  

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1643829 - CVE-2018-18074 python-requests: Redirect from HTTPS to HTTP does not remove Authorization header

CVEs

• CVE-2018-18074

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index