CVE-2013-1633

python-setuptools: easy_install insecure installation mechanism

Published Aug 6, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0040 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:00 PM
Reserved
Feb 6, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 6, 2013, 2:52 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:51 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 2, 2013, 12:00 AM