Gentoo: GLSA-202309-08: Requests: Information Leak
Summary
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.
Resolution
All Requests users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/requests-2.31.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2023-32681
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32681
[ 2 ] GHSA-j8r2-6x86-q33q
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-08
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.
Background
Requests is an HTTP library for human beings.
Affected Packages
Package Vulnerable Unaffected
------------------- ------------ ------------
dev-python/requests < 2.31.0 >= 2.31.0
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.