Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4170-2 Critical: Whoopsie Regression Fix

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October 30, 2019

USN-4170-1 caused a regression in Whoopsie.

Summary

USN-4170-1 caused a regression in Whoopsie.

Software Description:

- whoopsie: Ubuntu error tracker submission

Details:

USN-4170-1 fixed a vulnerability in Whoopsie. The update caused Whoopsie to

crash when sending reports. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory 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 DoS Ubuntu crash error tracking Whoopsie

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.66ubuntu0.2
  whoopsie                        0.2.66ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.64ubuntu0.3
  whoopsie                        0.2.64ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.62ubuntu0.3
  whoopsie                        0.2.62ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3
  whoopsie                        0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3

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