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Ubuntu: USN-5076-1 (CVE-2021-40330): Git vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5076-1 (CVE-2021-40330): Git vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/31/2021
Created
09/20/2021
Added
09/14/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

git_connect_git in connect.c in Git before 2.30.1 allows a repository path to contain a newline character, which may result in unexpected cross-protocol requests, as demonstrated by the git://localhost:1234/%0d%0a%0d%0aGET%20/%20HTTP/1.1 substring.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-git

References

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