rhsa-2023_3525
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2023-06-07 07:46
Modified
2024-11-14 00:01
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-flask security update

Notes

Topic
An update for python-flask is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
Flask is a lightweight but extensible web development framework for Python based on the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit, and the Jinja 2 template engine. Security Fix(es): * flask: Possible disclosure of permanent session cookie due to missing Vary: Cookie header (CVE-2023-30861) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use
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