1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4220-1

USN-4220-1: Git vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 December 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Git.

Releases

Packages

  • git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

Joern Schneeweisz and Nicolas Joly discovered that Git contained various
security flaws. An attacker could possibly use these issues to overwrite
arbitrary paths, execute arbitrary code, and overwrite files in the .git
directory.

Joern Schneeweisz and Nicolas Joly discovered that Git contained various
security flaws. An attacker could possibly use these issues to overwrite
arbitrary paths, execute arbitrary code, and overwrite files in the .git
directory.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.10 eoan git –  1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.10.1
19.04 disco git –  1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.04.1
18.04 bionic git –  1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.5
16.04 xenial git –  1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.7

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