Security
Security
A vulnerability in Setuptools could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.
| Package | dev-python/setuptools on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.8-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.8-r1 |
Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.
Setuptools does not check the integrity of downloaded Python packages.
A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-0.8-r1"
Release date
October 10, 2013
Latest revision
October 10, 2013: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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