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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3113-1
2nd November, 2016
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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
It was discovered that a long running unload handler could cause an
incognito profile to be reused in some circumstances. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1586)
Multiple security 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,
spoof an application's URL bar, obtain sensitive information, cause a
denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186,
CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5194)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
- liboxideqtcore0 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- liboxideqtcore0 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- liboxideqtcore0 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2016-1586, CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5194
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