CVE-2013-1633
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2013-08-06
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Affected products
References
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#changes
