CVE-2013-1633
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | setuptools | <0.7 | 0.7 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | setuptools | {"endIncluding":"0.7b4"} | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.40 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.41 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.42 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.43 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.44 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.45 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.46 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.47 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.48 | |
| python | setuptools | 0.6.49 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1633
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2013-22.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#changes
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.