CVE-2013-2100 Information

Description

The urlopen function in pym/portage/util/_urlopen.py in Gentoo Portage 2.1.12 when using HTTPS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and modify binary package lists via a crafted certificate.

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16 The urlopen function in pym/portage/util/_urlopen.py in Gentoo Portage 2.1.12 when using HTTPS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and modify binary package lists via a crafted certificate.