USN-3015-1: Oxide vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3015-1
30th June, 2016
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
Software description
- oxide-qt
– Web browser engine for Qt (QML plugin)
Details
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.
(CVE-2016-1704)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.15.8-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.15.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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-3015-1: Oxide vulnerabilities
