Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2652-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 2652-1 – It was discovered that Chromium did not properly consider the scheme when determining whether a URL is associated with a WebUI SiteInstance. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. It was discovered that Blink did not properly restrict the creation context during creation of a DOM wrapper. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. Various other issues were also addressed.

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