USN-4170-1: Whoopsie vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

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, 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

• libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.62ubuntu0.2
• whoopsie - 0.2.62ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2
• whoopsie - 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2

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

References

• CVE-2019-11484