GLSA 202309-08: Requests: Information Leak

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Severity:	low
Title:	Requests: Information Leak
Date:	09/17/2023
Bugs:	#906970
ID:	202309-08

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Requests which could result in the disclosure of plaintext secrets.

Background

Requests is an HTTP library for human beings.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-python/requests	< 2.31.0	>= 2.31.0	All supported architectures

Description

Requests is vulnerable to potentially leaking Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers, specifically during redirects to an HTTPS origin with authentication credentials encoded into the URL.

Impact

Users' proxy authentication secrets could be disclosed to parties beyond the used HTTP proxy server.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Requests users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/requests-2.31.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202309-08.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.