USN-5686-1: Git vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-39253   CVE-2022-39260  

Several security issues were fixed in Git.

Details

Cory Snider discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain symbolic links.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an unexpected behaviour.
(CVE-2022-39253)

Kevin Backhouse discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain command strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2022-39260)