CVE-2013-1629

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1629
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-06 02:52:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-15 16:22:00 UTC
Descriptionpip before 1.3 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 a "pip install" operation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.0 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.0.1 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.0.2 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.1 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.2 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip All All All All
Application Pypa Pip All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Warning: don't use pip in an untrusted network! – a practical man-in-the-middle attack on pip : Python MISC www.reddit.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
News — pip 1.4.1 documentation CONFIRM www.pip-installer.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
pip should not execute arbitrary code from the Internet · Issue #425 · pypa/pip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
968059 – (CVE-2013-1629) CVE-2013-1629 python-pip: insecure installation mechanism CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
SSL certificate verification. by qwcode · Pull Request #791 · pypa/pip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Installing pip — pip v0.9.0.pre1 documentation CONFIRM www.pip-installer.org Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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