CVE-2013-2100

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

29/09/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.1.12:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469888
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16