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Ubuntu 14.04 & 15.04: Security Advisory for Oxide Web Engine

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2015
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Recent updates to Oxide in Ubuntu versions 14.04 and 15.04 have resolved two significant vulnerabilities, effectively mitigating serious security risks.
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

Software Description:

- oxide-qt: Web browser engine library for Qt (QML plugin)

Details:

Two security issues were discovered in Blink and V8. If a user were

tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could

potentially exploit these to bypass same-origin restrictions.

(CVE-2015-1303, CVE-2015-1304)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu update instructions web browser attack vector oxide-qt

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.9.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2757-1

CVE-2015-1303, CVE-2015-1304

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October 05, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu update instructions web browser attack vector oxide-qt

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.9.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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