USN-4170-1: Whoopsie vulnerability
whoopsie vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Whoopsie could be made to crash, expose sensitive information or run
programs 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, expose sensitive information or execute code as the whoopsie
user.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.66ubuntu0.1
- whoopsie – 0.2.66ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.64ubuntu0.2
- whoopsie – 0.2.64ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.62ubuntu0.2
- whoopsie – 0.2.62ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libwhoopsie0 – 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2
- whoopsie – 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2
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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