Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package git  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU2204-GIT-2798113
  • published9 Feb 2018
  • disclosed9 Feb 2018

Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-1000021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:22.04.

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).