rhsa-2024_0588
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2024-01-30 13:27
Modified
2024-11-08 12:00
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-urllib3 security update

Notes

Topic
An update for python-urllib3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
The python-urllib3 package provides the Python HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities. Security Fix(es): * python-urllib3: Cookie request header isn't stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2023-43804) * urllib3: Request body not stripped after redirect from 303 status changes request method to GET (CVE-2023-45803) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use
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