Ubuntu Security Notice 3015-1 - 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.
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From: Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@canonical.com>
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Subject: [USN-3015-1] Oxide vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3015-1
June 30, 2016
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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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:
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-2016-1704)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
liboxideqtcore0 1.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 15.10:
liboxideqtcore0 1.15.8-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
liboxideqtcore0 1.15.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3015-1
CVE-2016-1704
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.15.8-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.15.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1