USN-4052-1: Whoopsie vulnerability

Publication date

9 July 2019

Overview

Whoopsie could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it processed a specially crafted crash report.


Packages

  • 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.

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.04 disco libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.64ubuntu0.1
whoopsie –  0.2.64ubuntu0.1
18.10 cosmic libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.62ubuntu1
whoopsie –  0.2.62ubuntu1
18.04 bionic libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.62ubuntu0.1
whoopsie –  0.2.62ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1
whoopsie –  0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1

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