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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-08-06T01:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:00:21.247Z

Reserved: 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-1633

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2013-08-06T02:52:10.333

Modified: 2013-10-11T13:59:05.830

Link: CVE-2013-1633

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1633 - Bugzilla