CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-5123
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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.
Affected configurations
• pypa pip (< 1.5)
• virtualenv virtualenv 12.0.7
• fedoraproject fedora 20
• fedoraproject fedora 21
• redhat openshift 1.0
• redhat openshift 2.0
• redhat software collections
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123 Third Party Advisory