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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Whoopsie regression (USN-4170-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130427

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

USN-4170-1 fixed a vulnerability in Whoopsie. The update caused Whoopsie to crash when sending reports. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libwhoopsie-dev, libwhoopsie0 and / or whoopsie packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4170-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130427

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4170-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2019

Updated: 10/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwhoopsie0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:whoopsie, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwhoopsie-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2019

Reference Information

USN: 4170-2