GLSA 201310-09: Setuptools: Man-in-the-Middle attack

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Setuptools: Man-in-the-Middle attack
Date:	10/10/2013
Bugs:	#479964
ID:	201310-09

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Setuptools could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-python/setuptools	< 0.8-r1	>= 0.8-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Setuptools does not check the integrity of downloaded Python packages.

Impact

A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-0.8-r1"

References

CVE-2013-1633

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.