Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6678-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6678-1 - It was discovered that libgit2 mishandled equivalent filenames on NTFS partitions. If a user or automated system were tricked into cloning a specially crafted repository, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was discovered that libgit2 did not perform certificate checking by default. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack. This issue only affected …

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