Description
In whoopsie, parse_report() from whoopsie.c allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. The DoS is caused by resource exhaustion due to a memory leak. Fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5, 0.2.62ubuntu0.5 and 0.2.69ubuntu0.1.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- Canonical / whoopsie0.2.52 – 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5
- Canonical / whoopsie0.2.62 – 0.2.62ubuntu0.5
- Canonical / whoopsie0.2.69 – 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
References
- MISChttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1
- MISChttps://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/