VLC Security Update

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Hi,

It looks like there was a critical security vulnerability discovered recently in vlc and it was fixed in version 2.2.6.

https://torrentfreak.com/malicious-subtitles-threaten-kodi-vlc-and-popcorn-time-users-researchers-warn-170523/

It seems that Ubuntu 16.04 is out of date.  Can this please be updated to the most recent version to mitigate this security issue?

Thank you.