{"id":"USN-4170-2","summary":"whoopsie regression","details":"USN-4170-1 fixed a vulnerability in Whoopsie. The update caused Whoopsie to\ncrash when sending reports. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Kevin Backhouse discovered Whoopsie incorrectly handled very large crash\n reports. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\n of service, expose sensitive information or execute code as the whoopsie\n user.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:01:47.047366Z","published":"2019-10-30T14:18:37Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4170-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1850608"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"whoopsie","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/whoopsie@0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3"}]}],"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","0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1","0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"libwhoopsie0"},{"binary_version":"0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"whoopsie"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4170-2.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[]}}},{"package":{"name":"whoopsie","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/whoopsie@0.2.62ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.2.62ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["0.2.58","0.2.59","0.2.59build1","0.2.60","0.2.62","0.2.62ubuntu0.1","0.2.62ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.2.62ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"libwhoopsie0"},{"binary_version":"0.2.62ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"whoopsie"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4170-2.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}