Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks
easy_install in setuptools before 0.7 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to the default use of the product.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-1633US | medium6.8OT elevated | — | ||
easy_install in setuptools before 0.7 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which allows man-in-the-mi… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_aWEB
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2013-22.yamlWEB
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptoolsPACKAGE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1633ADVISORY
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#changesWEB
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