========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3790-1 October 15, 2018 requests vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Requests could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted HTTP header. Software Description: - requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python Details: It was discovered that Requests incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: python-requests 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1 python3-requests 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: python-requests 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1 python3-requests 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4 python-requests-whl 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4 python3-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3790-1 CVE-2018-18074 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4