GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5fHighCVSS 8.3
Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/setuptools:< 0.7
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1633
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#changes
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2013-22.yaml
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f