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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2905-1
February 23, 2016
oxide-qt vulnerability
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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
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