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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-requests (SUSE-SU-2022:1448-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160322

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1448-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2018-18074: Fixed sending an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect (bsc#1111622)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python2-requests and / or python3-requests packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111622

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18074

http://www.nessus.org/u?e50759db

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160322

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1448-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-requests, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-requests, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18074

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1448-1