USN-4052-1: Whoopsie vulnerability
USN-4052-1: Whoopsie vulnerability whoopsie vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Whoopsie could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it processed a specially crafted crash report. Software Description whoopsie – Ubuntu error tracker submission Details Kevin Backhouse discovered Whoopsie incorrectly handled very large crash reports. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.64ubuntu0.1 whoopsie – 0.2.64ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.10 libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.62ubuntu1 whoopsie – 0.2.62ubuntu1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.62ubuntu0.1 whoopsie – 0.2.62ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1 whoopsie – 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: [ more… ]