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Ubuntu: 899-1 Critical: Tomcat Remote File Manipulation Threat

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2010
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Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-900-1 tackles an issue in PostgreSQL regarding inadequate input sanitation which could lead to SQL injection vulnerabilities.
It was discovered that Tomcat did not correctly validate WAR filenames or paths when deploying

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security advisory Ubuntu remote execution information disclosure Tomcat file manipulation manual fix

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