{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2296","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:24:19.095335Z","published":"2015-03-16T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2531-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-2296"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2296"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2531-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2296"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"requests","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/requests@2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1.2.3-1","2.0.0-1","2.2.1-1","2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"python-requests","binary_version":"2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"python3-requests","binary_version":"2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2296.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}