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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2860-1 Important Oxide-qt Denial of Service Advisory

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2860-1
January 11, 2016

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

- Ubuntu 15.10
- 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:

A race condition was discovered in the MutationObserver implementation in
Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service
via renderer crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-6789)

An issue was discovered with the page serializer in Blink. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to inject arbitrary script or HTML.
(CVE-2015-6790)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial
of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-6791)

Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via
renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-8548)

An integer overflow was discovered in the WebCursor::Deserialize function
in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8664)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2860-1
  CVE-2015-6789, CVE-2015-6790, CVE-2015-6791, CVE-2015-8548,
  CVE-2015-8664

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2860-1 Important Oxide-qt Denial of Service Advisory

ubuntu
Calendar Grey January 11, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Remediation for Oxide security flaws encompasses essential patches and protective protocols. Safeguard your infrastructure against potential threats.
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 15.10: liboxideqtcore0 1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 15.04: liboxideqtcore0 1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2860-1

CVE-2015-6789, CVE-2015-6790, CVE-2015-6791, CVE-2015-8548,

CVE-2015-8664

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January 11, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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