CVE-2013-2100

medium

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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-29

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium