CVE-2013-5123 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9