CVE-2015-2296

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2296
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-18 16:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe resolve_redirects function in sessions.py in requests 2.1.0 through 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a cookie without a host value in a redirect.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4.0 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.1.0 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.2.1 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.3.0 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.4.0 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.4.1 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.4.2 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.4.3 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.5.0 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.5.1 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.5.2 All All All
Application Python Requests 2.5.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
requests · Warehouse (PyPI) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 warehouse.python.org Vendor Advisory
Don't ascribe cookies to the target domain. · kennethreitz/requests@3bd8afb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: python-requests-2.5.3-2.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:133 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0120 - Updated python-requests packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - CVE Request for python-requests session fixation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2531-1: Requests vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request for python-requests session fixation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 994794 Python (Pip) Security Update for requests (GHSA-pg2w-x9wp-vw92)
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