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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS USN-1078-1 Critical: Logwatch Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2011
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical flaw in Logwatch poses a remote code execution threat. It's essential to update packages to address vulnerabilities in various Ubuntu LTS versions.
Dominik George discovered that logwatch did not properly sanitizelog file names that were passed to the shell as part of a command.If a remote attacker were able to generate specia...

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security advisory software patch remote code execution package update logwatch ubuntu code issue

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security advisory software patch remote code execution package update logwatch ubuntu code issue

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