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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-10130

The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging clobbering of the error variable.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.72%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging clobbering of the error variable.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.72% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
libgit2 project/libgit2
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.