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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- GENTOO
- Published
- 9/29/2014
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
gentoo : portage
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