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Ubuntu 14.04 & 15.04: Security Advisory for Oxide Web Engine

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2757-1
October 05, 2015

oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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)

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

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


Ubuntu 14.04 & 15.04: Security Advisory for Oxide Web Engine

ubuntu
Calendar Grey October 5, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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

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

Severity
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October 05, 2015

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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