Mikaela: See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/znc/+bug/1444943 for the (start) of work to get ZNC 1.6.0 into trusty-backports and utopic-backports. While this doesn't fully address the Security bug, it does provide the 1.6.0 functionality via the backports repository.
Mikaela: See https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ znc/+bug/ 1444943 for the (start) of work to get ZNC 1.6.0 into trusty-backports and utopic-backports. While this doesn't fully address the Security bug, it does provide the 1.6.0 functionality via the backports repository.