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USN-6050-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides
the corresponding updates for CVE-2023-25652 and CVE-2023-29007 on
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite paths.
(CVE-2023-25652)

André Baptista and Vítor Pinho discovered that Git incorrectly handled
certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to achieve arbitrary configuration injection. (CVE-2023-29007)

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