============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2905-1 February 23, 2016 oxide-qt vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Oxide could be made to bypass same-origin restrictions. Software Description: - oxide-qt: Web browser engine library for Qt (QML plugin) Details: A security issue was discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions or a sandbox protection mechanism. (CVE-2016-1629) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: liboxideqtcore0 1.12.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2905-1 CVE-2016-1629 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1