USN-2905-1: Oxide vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• 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 versions:

Ubuntu 15.10

• liboxideqtcore0 - 1.12.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• liboxideqtcore0 - 1.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2016-1629