1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4329-1

USN-4329-1: Git vulnerability

Publication date

14 April 2020

Overview

Git could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs that
included newlines. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick
Git into returning credential information for a wrong host.

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs that
included newlines. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick
Git into returning credential information for a wrong host.

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 –  1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.10.2
18.04 bionic git –  1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.6
16.04 xenial git –  1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.8

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