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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1633 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.2 is now in Production 1 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/openshift.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python33-python-setuptools | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python27-python-virtualenv | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python33-python-virtualenv | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python27-python-setuptools | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | python-virtualenv | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | python-setuptools | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-setuptools | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-virtualenv | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python-setuptools | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python-setuptools | Will not fix |
| Red Hat CloudForms System Engine 1 | python-setuptools | Will not fix |
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