USN-6155-2: Requests vulnerability

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29 June 2023

29 June 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2023-32681

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

USN-6155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Requests. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and 18.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests incorrectly leaked Proxy-Authorization headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6155-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: python3-requests - 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1 python-requests - 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-32681

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.59

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.59

References

History

2023-06-29: Initial vulnerability report published.