Executive Summary

Summary
Title pip: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201309-05 First vendor Publication 2013-09-12
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2013-09-12
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in pip, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or local attackers to conduct symlink attacks.

Background

pip is a tool for installing and managing Python packages.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in pip. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle attack to cause pip to execute arbitrary code. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All pip users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pip-1.3.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1629 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1629
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-1888 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1888

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-05.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-05.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-09-13 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201309-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-26 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-8166.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-8193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-8221.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-6727.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-6762.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-6701.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:37:43
  • Multiple Updates
2013-09-13 00:19:22
  • First insertion