Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package git  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-GIT-628402
  • published20 Mar 2017
  • disclosed20 Mar 2017

Introduced: 20 Mar 2017

CVE-2014-9938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git package and not the git package as distributed by Ubuntu.

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.