USN-2905-1: Oxide vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2905-1
23rd February, 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 version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.12.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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
Source: USN-2905-1: Oxide vulnerability
