1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4170-1

USN-4170-1: Whoopsie vulnerability

Publication date

30 October 2019

Overview

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

Releases

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, expose sensitive information or execute code as the whoopsie
user.

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

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
19.10 eoan libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.66ubuntu0.1
whoopsie –  0.2.66ubuntu0.1
19.04 disco libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.64ubuntu0.2
whoopsie –  0.2.64ubuntu0.2
18.04 bionic libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.62ubuntu0.2
whoopsie –  0.2.62ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libwhoopsie0 –  0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2
whoopsie –  0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2

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