Ubuntu Security Notice 4170-1 - 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.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4170-1
October 30, 2019
whoopsie vulnerability
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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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4170-1
CVE-2019-11484
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.66ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.64ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.62ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2