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Ubuntu: USN-412-1 Critical: GeoIP File Write Security Issue
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January 23, 2007
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-412-1 January 23, 2007 geoip vulnerability CVE-2007-0159 A security issue
Dean Gaudet discovered that the GeoIP update tool did not validate the filename responses from the update server
Summary
Topics Covered
security advisory
critical issue
update
ubuntu
user privileges
file write
geoip
Update Instructions
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