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USN-6179-1: Jettison vulnerability It was discovered that Jettison incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Source: USN-6179-1: Jettison vulnerability

USN-6178-1: SVG++ library vulnerabilities It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application incorrectly managed memory resulting in a memory access violation under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak memory information or run a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-6246) It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application incorrectly handled null pointers under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service, leak memory information or manipulate program execution flow. (CVE-2021-44960) Source: USN-6178-1: SVG++ library vulnerabilities

USN-6083-2: cups-filters vulnerability USN-6083-1 fixed a vulnerability in cups-filters. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled the beh CUPS backend. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the backend to stop responding or to execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-6083-2: cups-filters vulnerability