xawtv vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

xawtv could be made to expose sensitive information and escalate
user privileges if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description

* xawtv - X11 program for watching TV

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that xawtv incorrectly handled
opening files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
open and write to arbitrary files and escalate privileges.
(CVE-2020-13696)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
alevtd - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
fbtv - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
pia - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
radio - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
scantv - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
streamer - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
ttv - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
v4l-conf - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
webcam - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
xawtv - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
xawtv-plugin-qt - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
xawtv-plugins - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
xawtv-tools - 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

* CVE-2020-13696

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