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Posted on 07 May 2015
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2582-1
May 06, 2015
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- 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:
A use-after-free was discovered in the DOM implementation in Blink. 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 renderer
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed
render process. (CVE-2015-1243)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial
of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1250)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
liboxideqtcore0 1.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
Ubuntu 14.10:
liboxideqtcore0 1.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
liboxideqtcore0 1.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2582-1
CVE-2015-1243, CVE-2015-1250
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
