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
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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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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