{"id":"USN-2531-1","summary":"requests vulnerability","details":"Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without\nhost values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:53Z","published":"2015-03-16T12:55:25Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2296"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-2296","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2296"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2531-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/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/usn/USN-2531-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2015-2296"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}