Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-4170-1: Whoopsie High Severity Denial Of Service

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October 30, 2019

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

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.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu information exposure whoopsie

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.