Vulnerability CVE-2013-5123
Published: 2019-11-05   Modified: 2019-11-06

Description:
The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks which allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Virtualenv -> Virtualenv 
Redhat -> Openshift 
Redhat -> Software collections 
PYPA -> PIP 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123
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