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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-2100: Portage: Man-in-the-middle attack

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-2100: Portage: Man-in-the-middle attack

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/29/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-portage

References

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