USN-2531-1

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    USN-2531-1

    Published: 16 Mar 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: requests vulnerability

    Details: Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without host values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2531-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2296

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: requests

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    1.2.3-1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High