whoopsie vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

* Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in whoopsie.

Software Description

* whoopsie - Ubuntu error tracker submission

Details

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled
memory. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Whoopsie to
consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-11937)

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled
parsing files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause
Whoopsie to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12135)

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Whoopsie incorrectly handled
memory. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Whoopsie to
consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15570)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
whoopsie - 0.2.69ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.62ubuntu0.5
whoopsie - 0.2.62ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libwhoopsie0 - 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5
whoopsie - 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

* CVE-2020-11937
* CVE-2020-12135
* CVE-2020-15570

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