MGASA-2015-0120

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    MGASA-2015-0120

    Published: 27 Mar 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2296

    Summary: Updated python-requests packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: In python-requests before 2.6.0, a cookie without a host value set would use the hostname for the redirected URL exposing requests users to session fixation attacks and potentially cookie stealing (CVE-2015-2296).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0120.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15496, https://warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0/, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-requests

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-requests?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.0-1.2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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