USN-4052-1

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    USN-4052-1

    Published: 9 Jul 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: whoopsie vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4052-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11476

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: whoopsie

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.2.49
    0.2.50
    0.2.51
    0.2.52
    0.2.52.1
    0.2.52.2
    0.2.52.3
    0.2.52.4
    0.2.52.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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