USN-4761-1

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    USN-4761-1

    Published: 9 Mar 2021Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: git vulnerability

    Details: Matheus Tavares discovered that Git incorrectly handled delay-capable clean/smudge filters when being used on case-insensitive filesystems. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4761-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-21300

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10

    Affected versions

    1:2.5.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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