USN-4450-1: Whoopsie vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• whoopsie - Ubuntu error tracker submission

Details

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled memory. A
local attacker could use this issue to cause Whoopsie to consume memory,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-11937)

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled parsing files.
A local attacker could use this issue to cause Whoopsie to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-12135)

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled memory. A
local attacker could use this issue to cause Whoopsie to consume memory,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15570)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

• libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
• whoopsie - 0.2.69ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.62ubuntu0.5
• whoopsie - 0.2.62ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 16.04

• libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5
• whoopsie - 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5

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

References

• CVE-2020-11937
• CVE-2020-12135
• CVE-2020-15570