CVE-2015-2296

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2296
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-18 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-18 13:19:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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
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
Application Python-requests Requests 2.1.0 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.2.1 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.3.0 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.4.0 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.4.1 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.4.2 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.4.3 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.5.0 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.5.1 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.5.2 All All All
Application Python-requests Requests 2.5.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: python-requests-2.5.3-2.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - CVE Request for python-requests session fixation vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-2531-1: Requests vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
requests · Warehouse (PyPI) CONFIRM warehouse.python.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:133 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Don't ascribe cookies to the target domain. · kennethreitz/requests@3bd8afb · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0120 - Updated python-requests packages fix security vulnerability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request for python-requests session fixation vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
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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