CVE-2013-5123
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-11-05 21:16Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-08-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0af28f1b0ab02b3a2c9c0667960512ebf0407d76643183413a199190dacc95b6
05 Affected products
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-5123
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155248.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155291.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/17
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/21/18
- www.securityfocus.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77520
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- python-pip Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-pip Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-pip Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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