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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-2960-1 Moderate: Oxide Renderer Crash Threat

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2016
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Numerous vulnerabilities addressed in Oxide for multiple Ubuntu versions. Upgrade to safeguard against potential threats.
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

Software Description:

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

Details:

An out of bounds write 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. (CVE-2016-1660)

It was discovered that Blink assumes that a frame which passes same-origin

checks is local in some cases. 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.

(CVE-2016-1661)

A use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings 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. (CVE-2016-1663)

It was discovered tha...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 15.10:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.14.9-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.14.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2960-1

CVE-2016-1660, CVE-2016-1661, CVE-2016-1663, CVE-2016-1665,

CVE-2016-1666, CVE-2016-1667, CVE-2016-1668, CVE-2016-1669,

CVE-2016-1670

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.14.9-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.14.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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