GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f
Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | setuptools | < 0.7 | 0.7 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
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.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1633
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2013-22.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#changes
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a