Vulnerability in Gentoo Portage
CVE-2013-2100
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.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Portage — versions 2.1.12
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/16/3 (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-16 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/15/5 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/59878 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84315 (vdb-entry)