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Unscored USN-4170-2 0 CVEs

whoopsie regression

Published Oct 30, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

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.

Original advisory 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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS whoopsie 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS whoopsie 0.2.62ubuntu0.3

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1850608