CVE-2013-2100
CVE-2013-2100
9.3
CriticalPublished:
Last updated:
Source:secalert@redhat.com
Modified
Weakness (CWE)
CVSS Vector
v2.0- Attack Vector
- Network
- Attack Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
Description
The urlopen function in pym/portage/util/_urlopen.py in Gentoo Portage 2.1.12, when using HTTPS, does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and modify binary package lists via a crafted certificate.
References
secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878secalert@redhat.com
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315secalert@redhat.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16