Vigil@nce - Python Requests: information disclosure via HTTP Authorization Header
December 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ubuntu, WindRiver Linux.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: internet server.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 15/10/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass access restrictions to data via HTTP
Authorization Header of Python Requests, in order to obtain
sensitive information.
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