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The version is actually 2.11.0-2ubuntu0.2, with the fix backported, as can be seen in the changelog:

It's somewhat confusing if you run `git --version` and it reports back 2.11.0, despite being fully patched against this vulnerability.

Thanks for the info!

I've added the git-core PPA now which installs 2.14.1 .

I just don't understand this screwing with version numbers and not being on the latest code.

The point of having stables releases is that you have a consistent set of versions of packages including git, otherwise how is it stable?

Yes, it makes a lot of sense to ignore the real world and pretend that software will always be stable.

Why don't you just run Debian Sid then? You'll get new packages every day and get all the fun of chasing changing features all the time :D