gentoo/portage · Security
Gentoo Portage does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-8823-xphr-qw9v
- CVE ID
- CVE-2013-2100
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2100 ↗
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/portage/PYSEC-2014-115.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8823-xphr-qw9v ↗