Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Whoopsie vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4170-1 First vendor Publication 2019-10-30
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-10-30
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4170-1
CVE-2019-11484

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.66ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.64ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.62ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4170-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 4

Alert History

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2019-10-30 09:19:34
  • First insertion