CVE-2013-1633 Information

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.

Reference

http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8changes