CVE-2013-0308 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof SSL servers during Git imap-send operations due to missing certificate hostname verification, potentially intercepting data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-0308?

CVE-2013-0308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0308?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (40)
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
emacs-git-el Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-all Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-cvs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-daemon Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-email Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-gui Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-svn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
gitk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
gitweb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
perl-Git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
emacs-git-el Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-all Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-cvs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-daemon Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-email Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-gui Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-svn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
gitk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
gitweb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
perl-Git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
emacs-git-el Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-all Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-cvs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-daemon Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-email Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-gui Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
git-svn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
gitk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
gitweb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
perl-Git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:1.7.1-3.el6_4.1

Products include Git-Scm Git.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0308?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-0308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p33f-8gh4-2vgm, RHSA-2013:0589.

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