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CVE-2020-11937

Publication date 11 June 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.2 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
whoopsie 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.2.62ubuntu0.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.2 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4450-1
    • Whoopsie vulnerabilities
    • 4 August 2020

Other references