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USN-4460-1: Oniguruma vulnerabilities It was discovered that Oniguruma incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246) Source: USN-4460-1: Oniguruma vulnerabilities

USN-4457-2: Software Properties vulnerability USN-4457-1 fixed a vulnerability in Software. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jason A. Donenfeld discovered that Software Properties incorrectly filtered certain escape sequences when displaying PPA descriptions. If a user were tricked into adding an arbitrary PPA, a remote attacker could possibly manipulate the screen. Source: USN-4457-2: Software Properties vulnerability

USN-4456-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities USN-4456-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled deeply nested MIME parts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12100) It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled memory when using NTLM. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12673) It was discovered that the Dovecot RPA mechanism incorrectly handled zero-length messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12674) Source: USN-4456-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities