USN-3236-1: Oxide vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3236-1
29th March, 2017
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to obtain sensitive information, spoof
application UI by causing the security status API or webview URL to
indicate the wrong values, bypass security restrictions, cause a denial
of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-5029, CVE-2017-5030, CVE-2017-5031, CVE-2017-5033,
CVE-2017-5035, CVE-2017-5037, CVE-2017-5040, CVE-2017-5041, CVE-2017-5044,
CVE-2017-5045, CVE-2017-5046)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
liboxideqtcore0
1.21.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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-3236-1: Oxide vulnerabilities
