Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting setuptools package, versions [,1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-SETUPTOOLS-40728
  • published4 Dec 2017
  • disclosed28 Oct 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Oct 2013

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade setuptools to version 1.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of setuptools are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.

The ssl.match_hostname function does not properly handle wildcards in hostnames, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate. (same as CVE-2013-7440).

CVSS Scores

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