UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5123

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5123
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5123.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5123
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:56Z
Published
2019-11-05T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:16:30.657451Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks which allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python-pip

Package

Name
python-pip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-pip@1.5.4-1ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.4-1ubuntu4

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.1-2
1.5.4-1
1.5.4-1ubuntu1
1.5.4-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pip",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4-1ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pip-whl",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4-1ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pip",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4-1ubuntu4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / python-pip

Package

Name
python-pip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-pip@8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.6-7ubuntu1
1.5.6-7ubuntu2

8.*

8.0.2-7
8.0.3-1
8.0.3-2
8.1.0-1
8.1.0-2
8.1.1-1
8.1.1-2
8.1.1-2ubuntu0.1
8.1.1-2ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pip",
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pip-whl",
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pip",
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4"
        }
    ]
}