1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4334-1

USN-4334-1: Git vulnerability

Publication date

21 April 2020

Overview

Git could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

Carlo Arenas discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs
containing newlines, empty hosts, or lacking a scheme. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to trick Git into returning credential
information for a wrong host.

Carlo Arenas discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs
containing newlines, empty hosts, or lacking a scheme. 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 –  1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.10.3
18.04 bionic git –  1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.7
16.04 xenial git –  1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9

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