CVE-2013-0308
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0326)
- Published
- March 8, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0326 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- git-scm / git
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52443(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52467(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5937
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58148
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028205
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804730
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909977
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82329
- https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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