USN-4052-1: Whoopsie vulnerability

9 July 2019

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

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Releases

Packages

  • 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 or expose sensitive information.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

References