CVE-2013-5123

NameCVE-2013-5123
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-pip (PTS)buster18.1-5fixed
bullseye20.3.4-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm23.0.1+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie24.0+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-pipsourcesqueeze(not affected)
python-pipsource(unstable)1.4.1-1unimportant

Notes

[squeeze] - python-pip <not-affected> (Support for mirroring introduced in 0.8.1)
This is additional hardening / security feature, not a vulnerabily (despite
the discussion on oss-sec)

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