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USN-6137-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-6137-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

USN-6136-1: FRR vulnerabilities It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-31489) It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-31490) Source: USN-6136-1: FRR vulnerabilities

USN-6112-2: Perl vulnerability USN-6112-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Perl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Perl was not properly verifying TLS certificates when using CPAN together with HTTP::Tiny to download modules over HTTPS. If a remote attacker were able to intercept communications, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered modules. Source: USN-6112-2: Perl vulnerability