Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package git (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GIT-340856
- published9 Feb 2018
- disclosed9 Feb 2018
Introduced: 9 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-1000021 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git package and not the git package as distributed by Ubuntu.
GIT version 2.15.1 and earlier contains a Input Validation Error vulnerability in Client that can result in problems including messing up terminal configuration to RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via The user must interact with a malicious git server, (or have their traffic modified in a MITM attack).