Git Project Releases Security Updates

The Git Project have release security updates to address a vulnerability in the Git command line client, GitHub desktop and Atom. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Threat ID:: CC-2713
Category:
Threat Severity:: Low
Threat Vector:
Published:: 8 October 2018 12:00 AM

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Summary

Affected platforms

The following platforms are known to be affected:

git

Git - Versions prior to 2.19.1
GitHub Desktop - Versions prior to 1.4.2 (or 1.4.3-beta0)
Atom - Versions prior to 1.31.2 (or 1.32.0-beta3)

Threat details

Remediation steps

Type	Step
	Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Git 2.19.1 announcement, the GitHub Desktop release page and the Atom 1.31.2 release page and apply the necessary updates.

Last edited: 17 February 2020 12:43 pm