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[USN-7568-1] Requests vulnerabilities

Posted on 17 June 2025
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7568-1
June 16, 2025

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

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Requests.

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

Details:

Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not
correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-32681)

Juho Forsén discovered that Requests did not correctly parse URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive
information. (CVE-2024-47081)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.04
python3-requests 2.32.3+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.10
python3-requests 2.32.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
python3-requests 2.31.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
python3-requests 2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
python3-requests 2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-requests 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-requests 2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-requests 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-requests 2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
python-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python-requests-whl 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-requests 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7568-1
CVE-2023-32681, CVE-2024-47081

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.32.3+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.32.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.31.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/requests/2.25.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

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