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CVE-2013-2100

CVE-2013-2100 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Gentoo Portage does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers

Reported by redhat · Published September 29, 2014

portage is fixed in 2.1.12.2 (PyPI)

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.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
portagePyPI2.1.12.2

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0
9.300000190734863

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
PyPIportage0
n/an/a*

Timeline

  • Sep 29, 2014 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 16, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Oct 24, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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