Major Git vulnerability announced; when can we expect an update to the Cygwin git package?

[Adam Dinwoodie]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 03:50:52PM -0800, Richard Mehlinger wrote:
> Git has announced a major vulnerability, allowing attackers to set up
> a malicious git repository that can be used to take over a client
> computer: https://github.com/blog/1938-vulnerability-announced-update-your-git-clients.
> Maintenance releases are already out for current Git versions.
> 
> My question is: When can we expect an update to the Cygwin git package
> to address these concerns?

I'm aware of the vulnerability and intend to publish a new package as
soon as possible.  A combination of the holiday period, technical
problems and assorted other real life is making this more difficult than
I would like, but I expect to get it released by 11 January at the
absolute latest, and hopefully much sooner than that.

Adam

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