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CVE-2018-18074

Publication date 9 October 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-pip 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
requests 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4

Notes

sbeattie

python-pip needs to a no-change rebuild to pull in the python-requests update for the copy embedded in python-pip-whl

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
requests

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N