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.
                
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Advisories
    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
|  EUVD | EUVD-2013-0040 | 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. | 
|  Github GHSA | GHSA-27x4-j476-jp5f | Setuptools vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks | 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T23:00:21.247Z
Reserved: 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2013-1633
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-08-06T02:52:10.333
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2013-1633
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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