CVE-2014-1829
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Requests (aka python-requests) before 2.3.0 allows remote servers to obtain a netrc password by reading the Authorization header in a redirected request.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.3.0-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | requests | <2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | requests | {"endIncluding":"2.2.1"} | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0409.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3146
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2382-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=733108
- https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/1885
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1829
- https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfj3-7x9c-4p3h
- https://github.com/psf/requests
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/requests/PYSEC-2014-13.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150523055216/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:133/?name=MDVSA-2015:133
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1829
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.