Ubuntu alert USN-3790-2 (requests)

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"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com> 
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[USN-3790-2] Requests vulnerability 
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Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:13:20 -0300
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3790-2
October 22, 2018

requests vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10

Summary:

Requests could be made to expose sensitive information if it
received a specially crafted HTTP header.

Software Description:
- requests: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python

Details:

USN-3790-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Requests. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.10

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Requests incorrectly handled certain HTTP
 headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
 information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  python-requests                 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
  python3-requests                2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3790-2
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3790-1
  CVE-2018-18074

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.18.4-2ubu...-- 
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