PYSEC-2019-160

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    PYSEC-2019-160

    Published: 5 Nov 2019Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c5h8-cq4v-cvfm

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pip

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pip

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5

    Affected versions

    0.2
    0.2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2019-160 | CVE-DB