CVE-2013-0308

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The imap-send command in GIT before 1.8.1.4 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected products

git: through 1.8.1.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701586
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00007.html
http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136134619013145&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0589.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52361
http://secunia.com/advisories/52443
http://secunia.com/advisories/52467
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5937
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58148

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