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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-3058-1 Critical: Oxide Multiple Threats

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2016
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Debian DSA-4280-1 addresses several OpenSSL vulnerabilities that could result in potential exploitation and disruption of service.
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 issue was discovered in Blink involving the provisional URL for an

initially empty document. An attacker could potentially exploit this to

spoof the currently displayed URL. (CVE-2016-5141)

A use-after-free was discovered in the WebCrypto 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

application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5142)

It was discovered that the devtools subsystem in Blink mishandles various

parameters. An attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access

restrictions. (CVE-2016-5143, CVE-2016-5144)

It was discovered that Blink does not ensure that a taint property is

preserved after a structure-clone operation on an ImageBitmap object

derived from a cross-origin image. If a us...

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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                 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3058-1

CVE-2016-5141, CVE-2016-5142, CVE-2016-5143, CVE-2016-5144,

CVE-2016-5145, CVE-2016-5146, CVE-2016-5147, CVE-2016-5148,

CVE-2016-5150, CVE-2016-5153, CVE-2016-5155, CVE-2016-5156,

CVE-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5164, CVE-2016-5165, CVE-2016-5167

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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