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USN-4371-1: libvirt vulnerabilities libvirt vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in libvirt. Software Description libvirt – Libvirt virtualization toolkit Details It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled an active pool without a target path. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-10703) It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled memory when retrieving certain domain statistics. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-12430) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 libvirt-clients – 5.4.0-0ubuntu5.4 libvirt-daemon – 5.4.0-0ubuntu5.4 libvirt0 – 5.4.0-0ubuntu5.4 Ubuntu 18.04 [ more… ]

USN-4370-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities clamav vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV. Software Description clamav – Anti-virus utility for Unix Details It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing ARJ archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3327) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3341) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS clamav – 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 19.10 clamav – 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS clamav – 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [ more… ]