HIGH 8.3 PyPI
Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks
GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f · CVE-2013-1633 · PYSEC-2013-22
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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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1633
- WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2013-22.yaml
- PACKAGE https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
- WEB https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#changes
- WEB http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a
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