CVE-2013-5123

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.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3