CVE-2013-1633: Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks

May 17, 2022 (updated October 22, 2024)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2013-22.yaml
github.com/pypa/setuptools
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1633
pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8

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