============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2382-1 October 14, 2014 requests vulnerabilities ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Requests could be made to expose authentication credentials over the network. Software Description: - requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python Details: Jakub Wilk discovered that Requests incorrectly reused authentication credentials after being redirected. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain authentication credentials intended for another site. (CVE-2014-1829, CVE-2014-1830) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1 python3-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2382-1 CVE-2014-1829, CVE-2014-1830 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1