Description
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.
Published: 2013-08-06
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0040 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks
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Python Setuptools
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:00:21.247Z

Reserved: 2013-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1633

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-06T02:52:10.333

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1633

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1633 - Bugzilla

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