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Gentoo Portage does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 22, 2024

Package

pip portage (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.1.12.2

Patched versions

2.1.12.2

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 29, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Nov 22, 2024
Last updated Nov 22, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(68th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2100

GHSA ID

GHSA-8823-xphr-qw9v

Source code

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