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security advisorymoderatedenial of serviceUbuntu 16.04 LTS USN-2960-1 Moderate: Oxide Renderer Crash Threat
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2960-1 May 18, 2016 oxide-qt vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - 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: 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 that the JSGenericLowering class in V8 mishandles comparison operators. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1665) 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. (CVE-2016-1666) It was discovered that the TreeScope::adoptIfNeeded function in Blink does not prevent script executionduring node-adoption operations. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1667) It was discovered that the forEachForBinding in the V8 bindings in Blink uses an improper creation context. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-1668) A buffer overflow was discovered in V8. 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-2016-1669) A race condition was discovered in ResourceDispatcherHostImpl in Chromium. An attacker could potentially exploit this to make arbitrary HTTP requests. (CVE-2016-1670) 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 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 . Numerous vulnerabilities addressed in Oxide for multiple Ubuntu versions. Upgrade to safeguard against potential threats.. Oxide Security Advisory, Ubuntu Update, Denial of Service, Renderer Crash. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 19, 2016
•Important
Ubuntu
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security advisorydenial of servicesoftware updateUbuntu 14.04, 14.10: USN-2476-1 Critical Oxide Memory Issues
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2476-1 January 26, 2015 oxide-qt vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.10 - 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: Several memory corruption bugs were discovered in ICU. 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-2014-7923, CVE-2014-7926) A use-after-free was discovered in the IndexedDB implementation. 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-2014-7924) A use-after free was discovered in the WebAudio 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-2014-7925) Several memory corruption bugs were discovered in V8. 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-2014-7927, CVE-2014-7928, CVE-2014-7931) Several use-after free bugs were discovered in the DOM implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker couldpotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2014-7929, CVE-2014-7930, CVE-2014-7932, CVE-2014-7934) A use-after free was discovered in FFmpeg. 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-2014-7933) Multiple off-by-one errors were discovered in FFmpeg. 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-2014-7937) A memory corruption bug was discovered in the fonts implementation. 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-2014-7938) It was discovered that ICU did not initialize memory for a data structure correctly. 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-2014-7940) It was discovered that the fonts implementation did not initialize memory for a data structure correctly. 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-2014-7942) An out-of-bounds read was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial ofservice via renderer crash. (CVE-2014-7943) An out-of-bounds read 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. (CVE-2014-7946) It was discovered that the AppCache proceeded with caching for SSL sessions even if there is a certificate error. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this by conducting a MITM attack to modify HTML application content. (CVE-2014-7948) 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-2015-1205) 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-2015-1346) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: liboxideqtcore0 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 oxideqt-codecs 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 oxideqt-codecs-extra 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 oxideqt-codecs 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 oxideqt-codecs-extra 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2476-1 CVE-2014-7923, CVE-2014-7924, CVE-2014-7925, CVE-2014-7926, CVE-2014-7927, CVE-2014-7928, CVE-2014-7929, CVE-2014-7930, CVE-2014-7931, CVE-2014-7932, CVE-2014-7933, CVE-2014-7934, CVE-2014-7937, CVE-2014-7938, CVE-2014-7940, CVE-2014-7942, CVE-2014-7943, CVE-2014-7946, CVE-2014-7948, CVE-2015-1205, CVE-2015-1346 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 . Critical vulnerabilities patched in Ubuntu USN-2476-1 for Oxide-qt impact various versions. Ensure you update immediately to protect against exploits.. Ubuntu Security, Oxide Exploits, Memory Issues, Denial of Service. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 26, 2015
•Critical
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