CVE-2015-2296

requests <2.5.3 - SSRF

Title source: llm

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 (8)

[Third Party Advisory] http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0120.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:133

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2531-1

[Vendor Advisory] https://warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0/

[Patch] https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/commit/3bd8afbff29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafc

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153594.html

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0114

EPSS Percentile 78.1%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (15)

mageia_project/mageia

python/requests

canonical/ubuntu_linux

pypi/requests < 2.6.0PyPI

Timeline

Published Mar 18, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026