Fedora 21 : python-requests-2.5.3-2.fc21 / python-urllib3-1.10.2-1.fc21 (2015-4084)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82308

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Backport of patch to not ascribe cookies to the target domain.

- https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/commit/3bd8afbf f29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafc

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-requests and / or python-urllib3 packages.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202904

http://www.nessus.org/u?c5411e74

http://www.nessus.org/u?9daffe43

http://www.nessus.org/u?1aea149a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82308

File Name: fedora_2015-4084.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-urllib3, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-requests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2296

BID: 73134

FEDORA: 2015-4084