Several security issues were fixed in Avahi.
Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845)
31 January 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Avahi.
Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.