GHSA-8823-xphr-qw9vHigh
Gentoo Portage does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The urlopen function in pym/portage/util/_urlopen.py in Gentoo Portage 2.1.12, when using HTTPS, does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and modify binary package lists via a crafted certificate.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/portage:< 2.1.12.2
🔗 References (8)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2100
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/portage/PYSEC-2014-115.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8823-xphr-qw9v