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CVE-2015-2296: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2015-0120SUSE-SU-2015:2156-1SUSE-SU-2016:0114-1
Published 18-03-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2296 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10098-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10125-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11281-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12038-1SUSE-FU-2021:2130-1SUSE-RU-2019:2505-1

Timeline

  1. 18-03-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Suse11 products
  • python-requests&distro=SUSE Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5< 2.8.1-6.9.1
  • python-requests&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0< 2.8.1-6.9.1
  • python-requests&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 2< 2.8.1-6.9.1
  • python-requests&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 2.8.1-6.9.1
  • python-requests&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12< 2.8.1-6.9.1
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • requests< 2.4.3-6
Mageia1 product
  • python-requests< 2.3.0-1.2.mga4
Mageia_project1 product
PyPI1 product
  • requests< 3bd8afbff29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafc | ≥ 2.1.0, < 2.6.0
Python1 product
  • requests2.1.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.3.0 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • requests< 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.2

8 vendors · 18 products

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