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CVE-2013-1633GHSA-27X4-J476-JP5FPYSEC-2013-22

easy_install in setuptools before 0.7 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on pack

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • setuptoolsPyPI

    fixed in 0.7

References 2

pypi.python.org

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