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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842724
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2955-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'oxide-qt' package(s) announced via the USN-2955-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'oxide-qt' package(s) announced via the USN-2955-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A use-after-free was discovered when responding synchronously to
permission requests. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause
a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2016-1578)

An out-of-bounds read was discovered in V8. 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. (CVE-2016-1646)

A use-after-free was discovered in the navigation implementation in
Chromium in some circumstances. 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 application crash, or execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2016-1647)

A buffer overflow was discovered in ANGLE. 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 application crash, or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2016-1649)

An out-of-bounds write was discovered in V8. 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 renderer process.
(CVE-2016-1653)

An invalid read was discovered in the media subsystem in Chromium. 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
application crash. (CVE-2016-1654)

It was discovered that frame removal during callback execution could
trigger a use-after-free 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 renderer process.
(CVE-2016-1655)

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-2016-1659)

Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. 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
renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-3679)

Affected Software/OS:
'oxide-qt' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 16.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1578
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1646
Debian Security Information: DSA-3531 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0525
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0929 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0930 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1059 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1647
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1649
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-224
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1653
Debian Security Information: DSA-3549 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0638
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1060 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1061 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1135 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1136 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1654
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1655
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1659
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3679
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