Ubuntu Security Update USN-6473-1: urllib3 vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Authorization header on cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-25091) It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Cookie header on cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-43804) It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP body on status code 303 redirects under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-45803)

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