DSA-5434 minidlna – security update

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A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the HTTP chunk
parsing code of minidlna, a lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server, which may
result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

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USN-5948-2: Werkzeug vulnerabilities

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USN-5948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Werkzeug. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Werkzeug did not properly handle the parsing of
nameless cookies. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
shadow other cookies. (CVE-2023-23934)

It was discovered that Werkzeug could be made to process unlimited number
of multipart form data parts. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Werkzeug to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2023-25577)

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USN-6180-1: VLC media player vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when
decoding image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to
crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-19721)

It was discovered that VLC could be made to write out of bounds when
processing H.264 video files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted H.264 video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-13428)

It was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when
processing AVI video files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted
AVI video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25801,
CVE-2021-25802, CVE-2021-25803, CVE-2021-25804)

It was discovered that the VNC module of VLC contained an arithmetic
overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted playlist or
connecting to a rouge VNC server, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41325)

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