CVE-2013-5123 describes a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in Python Pip versions prior to 1.5, specifically impacting its mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) due to insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows attackers to intercept and manipulate package downloads, leading to high integrity impact, and affects products like Debian, Fedora, PyPA, Red Hat, and Virtualenv. Despite its potential for significant data integrity compromise, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virtualenv:virtualenv:12.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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