Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3140-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 3140-1 – It was discovered that data: URLs can inherit the wrong origin after a HTTP redirect in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. A use-after-free was discovered in SVG animations. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

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