USN-5686-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding fix for CVE-2022-39260 on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain command strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or arbitrary code execution.
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