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by radarsat1 3233 days ago
Yes, you're right. I was expecting to see the update by checking "git --version" and seeing 2.11.0-1 or something like that, but it's not visible that way.

Indeed if I check with "apt-get show git", the package is on version 2.11.0-2, and then I have to browse to the package web page at https://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/git and click on the changelog and finally I get to the update information, which clearly contains the text, "SECURITY UPDATE: Arbitrary code execution on clients through malicious ssh URLs."

So it was patched as expected, it just wasn't easy for me to see that without going through a few extra steps.

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Try "apt changelog git" on the box.
Or you can read the changelog on the filesystem at...

/usr/share/doc/git/changelog.Debian.gz