CVE-2013-1633

Advisory

Setuptools version 0.7 includes a fix for 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.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1633
• 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