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: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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