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.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pip | Pypa | * | 1.5 (excluding) |
| Virtualenv | Virtualenv | 12.0.7 (including) | 12.0.7 (including) |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | raring | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | saucy | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | vivid | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | wily | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Python-pip | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123