CVE-2013-1629

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

pip 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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2013-1629

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2013-08-06T02:52:10

Last Modified Date
2021-03-15T16:22:19

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip::::::::	1	OR		1.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1629
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1629

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:19:58				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 19:16:20	2013-08-06T02:52Z	2013-08-06T02:52:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 19:16:20		2021-03-15T16:22:19	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 19:16:20		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated