Vulnerability in Mageia Project
CVE-2015-2296
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (88.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.032 · change: -0.002
Affected products
- Mageia Project — versions 4.0
- Python Requests — versions 2.1.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 14.10
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/1 (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153594.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4 (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2531-1 (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/kennethreitz/requests/commit/3bd8afbff29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafc
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0120.html
- warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2296?
- CVE-2015-2296 is a vulnerability in Mageia Project. Published 2015-03-18.
- Is CVE-2015-2296 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.