psf/requests · Security
Python Requests Session Fixation
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-pg2w-x9wp-vw92
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-2296
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
Description
The 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.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2296 ↗
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0120.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153594.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:133 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2531-1 ↗
- https://github.com/psf/requests/commit/3bd8afbff29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafc ↗
- https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/commit/3bd8afbff29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafc ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/requests/PYSEC-2015-17.yaml ↗
- https://warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pg2w-x9wp-vw92 ↗