CVE-2013-5123

Publication date 5 November 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The 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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-pip	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	15.04 vivid	Ignored
	14.10 utopic	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Ignored
	13.04 raring	Ignored
	12.10 quantal	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

Notes

seth-arnold

This will probably require some ecosystem changes in the Python world to support authenticated PIP downloads.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N