Several security issues were fixed in Git.
Etienne Stalmans discovered that git did not properly validate git submodules files. A remote attacker could possibly use this to craft a git repo that causes arbitrary code execution when "git clone –recurse-submodules" is used. (CVE-2018-11235)
5 June 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Git.
Etienne Stalmans discovered that git did not properly validate git submodules files. A remote attacker could possibly use this to craft a git repo that causes arbitrary code execution when "git clone –recurse-submodules" is used. (CVE-2018-11235)
It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in git’s pathname sanity checking code when used on NTFS filesystems. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-11233)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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