Improper Input Validation Affecting python-virtualenv package, versions <1.9.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PYTHONVIRTUALENV-299825
- published 6 Aug 2013
- disclosed 6 Aug 2013
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 python-virtualenv to version 1.9.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-virtualenv package and not the python-virtualenv package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
pip before 1.3 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 a "pip install" operation.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1629
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059
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