============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2556-1 April 07, 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: It was discovered that Chromium did not properly handle the interaction of IPC, the gamepad API and V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1233) A buffer overflow was discovered in the GPU service. 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. (CVE-2015-1234) It was discovered that Oxide did not correctly manage the lifetime of BrowserContext, resulting in a potential use-after-free in some circumstances. 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-2015-1317) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: liboxideqtcore0 1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2556-1 CVE-2015-1233, CVE-2015-1234, CVE-2015-1317, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1431484 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2