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[USN-3113-1] Oxide vulnerabilities

Posted on 02 November 2016
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3113-1
November 02, 2016

oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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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 versions:

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3113-1
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

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1



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