USN-4798-1: libgit2 vulnerabilities

15 March 2021

libgit2 could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • libgit2 - Portable C implementation of the Git core methods library

Details

It was discovered that libgit2 mishandled certain malformed git objects. A
remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.