medium5.3
CVE-2014-1829
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Requests
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | requests | < 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 7.0 |
| Python | Requests | through 2.2.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Version 14.04 |
| Mageia | Mageia | Version 4.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0409.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3146
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2382-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=733108
- https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/1885
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfj3-7x9c-4p3h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1829
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/requests/PYSEC-2014-13.yaml
- https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150523055216/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:133/?name=MDVSA-2015:133