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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1 | Vendor Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2020-06-11T00:00:00
Updated: 2020-08-12T16:06:09
Reserved: 2020-04-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-11937
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-08-06T23:15:11.437
Modified: 2021-09-13T14:27:57.043
Link: CVE-2020-11937
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Redhat Information
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