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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2920-1: Serious Security Issues in Oxide Detected

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2920-1
March 10, 2016

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

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

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

Details:

It was discovered that the ContainerNode::parserRemoveChild function in
Blink mishandled widget updates in some circumstances. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions.
(CVE-2016-1630)

It was discovered that the PPB_Flash_MessageLoop_Impl::InternalRun 
function in Chromium mishandled nested message loops. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions.
(CVE-2016-1631)

Multiple use-after-frees were discovered in Blink. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process.
(CVE-2016-1633, CVE-2016-1634, CVE-2016-1644)

It was discovered that the PendingScript::notifyFinished function in
Blink relied on memory-cache information about integrity-check occurrences
instead of integrity-check successes. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
bypass Subresource Integrity (SRI) protections. (CVE-2016-1636)

It was discovered that the SkATan2_255 function in Skia mishandled
arctangent calculations. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1637)

A use-after-free was discovered 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-2016-1641)

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-2016-1642)

A type-confusion bug was discovered 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-2016-1643)

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-2016-2843)

An invalid cast was discovered 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-2016-2844)

It was discovered that the Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in
Blink did not ignore a URL's path component in the case of a ServiceWorker
fetch. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2016-2845)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2920-1
  CVE-2016-1630, CVE-2016-1631, CVE-2016-1633, CVE-2016-1634,
  CVE-2016-1636, CVE-2016-1637, CVE-2016-1641, CVE-2016-1642,
  CVE-2016-1643, CVE-2016-1644, CVE-2016-2843, CVE-2016-2844,
  CVE-2016-2845

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.13.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2920-1: Serious Security Issues in Oxide Detected

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 10, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Address several Oxide vulnerabilities in Ubuntu to mitigate potential threats and uphold system protection and integrity.
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 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2920-1

CVE-2016-1630, CVE-2016-1631, CVE-2016-1633, CVE-2016-1634,

CVE-2016-1636, CVE-2016-1637, CVE-2016-1641, CVE-2016-1642,

CVE-2016-1643, CVE-2016-1644, CVE-2016-2843, CVE-2016-2844,

CVE-2016-2845

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March 10, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.13.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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