SB2019021242 - OpenSUSE Linux update for python-urllib3

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SB2019021242 - OpenSUSE Linux update for python-urllib3

Published: February 12, 2019 Updated: February 12, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019021242
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9015)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the Python urllib3 library suffer from a vulnerability that can cause them, in certain configurations, to not correctly validate TLS certificates. This places users of the library with those configurations at risk of man-in-the-middle and information leakage attacks. This vulnerability affects users using versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the urllib3 library, who are using the optional PyOpenSSL support for TLS instead of the regular standard library TLS backend, and who are using OpenSSL 1.1.0 via PyOpenSSL. This is an extremely uncommon configuration, so the security impact of this vulnerability is low.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References