Arbitrary Code Execution via Insecure Package Retrieval in easy_install

CVE-2013-1633 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

easy_install in setuptools before 0.7 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 the default use of the product.

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