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USN-5447-1: logrotate vulnerability It was discovered that logrotate incorrectly handled the state file. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to keep a lock on the state file and cause logrotate to stop working, leading to a denial of service. Source: USN-5447-1: logrotate vulnerability

USN-5446-1: dpkg vulnerability Max Justicz discovered that dpkg incorrectly handled unpacking certain source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of service or potentially gaining access to the system. Source: USN-5446-1: dpkg vulnerability

USN-5445-1: Subversion vulnerabilities Ace Olszowka discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11782) Tomas Bortoli discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0203) Thomas Åkesson discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-17525) Source: USN-5445-1: Subversion vulnerabilities