USN-4170-1: Whoopsie vulnerability

whoopsie vulnerability

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

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2019-11484

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/31Zy2s4