CVE-2020-11937

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
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.69:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.59build1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:58

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1 - Vendor Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-08-06 23:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:58


NVD link : CVE-2020-11937

Mitre link : CVE-2020-11937

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-11937


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Products Affected

canonical

  • whoopsie
  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime