PyPi: Pip

CVE-2013-5123

Safety vulnerability ID: 37752

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Nov 05, 2019 Updated at Oct 27, 2024
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Advisory

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. See CVE-2013-5123.

Affected package

pip

Latest version: 24.3.1

The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.


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

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 5.9

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 5.9
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
HIGH
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE