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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201310-09 ] Setuptools: Man-in-the-Middle attack
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:33:32
Message-Id: 52569E2D.80506@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-09
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Setuptools: Man-in-the-Middle attack
9 Date: October 10, 2013
10 Bugs: #479964
11 ID: 201310-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Setuptools could allow remote attackers to perform
19 man-in-the-middle attacks.
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21 Background
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24 Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-python/setuptools < 0.8-r1 >= 0.8-r1
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34 Description
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37 Setuptools does not check the integrity of downloaded Python packages.
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39 Impact
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42 A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to execute
43 arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-0.8-r1"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-1633
62 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1633
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64 Availability
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67 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
68 the Gentoo Security Website:
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70 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-09.xml
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72 Concerns?
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75 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
76 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
77 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
78 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
79 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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81 License
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84 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
85 belongs to its owner(s).
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87 The contents of this document are licensed under the
88 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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90 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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