Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4170-3 Moderate: Whoopsie Regression Fix

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November 5, 2019

USN-4170-2 caused a regression in Whoopsie

Summary

USN-4170-2 caused a regression in Whoopsie

Software Description:

- whoopsie: Ubuntu error tracker submission

Details:

USN-4170-1 fixed a vulnerability in Whoopsie and USN-4170-2 fixed a

subsequent regression. That update was incomplete and could still result in

Whoopsie potentially crashing when uploading crash reports on some

architectures. 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 denial of service bug fix ubuntu whoopsie

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.66ubuntu0.3
  whoopsie                        0.2.66ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.64ubuntu0.4
  whoopsie                        0.2.64ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.62ubuntu0.4
  whoopsie                        0.2.62ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libwhoopsie0                    0.2.52.5ubuntu0.4
  whoopsie                        0.2.52.5ubuntu0.4

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