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Ubuntu: USN-3041-1 (CVE-2016-5134): Oxide vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3041-1 (CVE-2016-5134): Oxide vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/06/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

net/proxy/proxy_service.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to CVE-2016-3763.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-liboxideqtcore0

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