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Ubuntu 16.10: USN-3180-1 Moderate Oxide XSS and Memory Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3180-1
February 08, 2017

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

- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

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

Details:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL or other UI components, bypass same origin restrictions or
other security restrictions, cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007,
CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012,
CVE-2017-5014, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023,
CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3180-1
  CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009,
  CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5014,
  CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023,
  CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


Ubuntu 16.10: USN-3180-1 Moderate Oxide XSS and Memory Issues

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Calendar Grey February 8, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu's USN-3180-1 pertains to security enhancements within Oxide's web engine, aiming to mitigate risks of vulnerabilities and system failures.
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 16.10: liboxideqtcore0 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3180-1

CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009,

CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5014,

CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023,

CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026

February 08, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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