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USN-6264-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution. Source: USN-6264-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

USN-6262-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain NFS packages when certain configuration options were enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13164) It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain GVCP packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15466) It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain Kafka packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-17498) It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain TCP packages containing an invalid 0xFFFF checksum. An attacker could possibly use this issue [ more… ]