[$] A vulnerability in Git

A potentially nasty vulnerability in the Gitdistributed revision-control system was disclosed on March 9. There are enoughqualifiers in the description of the vulnerability that it may appear to befairly narrowly focused-and it is. That may make it less worrisome, butit is not entirely clear. As with most vulnerabilities, it all depends on howthe software is being used and the environment in which it is running.