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GLSA-201310-09 : Setuptools: Man-in-the-Middle attack

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70382

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-09 (Setuptools: Man-in-the-Middle attack)

 Setuptools does not check the integrity of downloaded Python packages.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-python/setuptools-0.8-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70382

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201310-09.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/11/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:setuptools, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1633

BID: 61827

GLSA: 201310-09