UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15570

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15570
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15570.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15570
Upstream
  • CVE-2020-15570
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-07-06T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:14Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The parse_report() function in whoopsie.c in Whoopsie through 0.2.69 mishandles memory allocation failures, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed crash file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / whoopsie

Package

Name
whoopsie
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/whoopsie@0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.49
0.2.50
0.2.51
0.2.52
0.2.52.1
0.2.52.2
0.2.52.3
0.2.52.4
0.2.52.5
0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1
0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2
0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3
0.2.52.5ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libwhoopsie-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwhoopsie0",
            "binary_version": "0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "whoopsie",
            "binary_version": "0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / whoopsie

Package

Name
whoopsie
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/whoopsie@0.2.62ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.62ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.58
0.2.59
0.2.59build1
0.2.60
0.2.62
0.2.62ubuntu0.1
0.2.62ubuntu0.2
0.2.62ubuntu0.3
0.2.62ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libwhoopsie-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.2.62ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwhoopsie0",
            "binary_version": "0.2.62ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "whoopsie",
            "binary_version": "0.2.62ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / whoopsie

Package

Name
whoopsie
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/whoopsie@0.2.69ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.69ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.66
0.2.67
0.2.68
0.2.69

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libwhoopsie-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.2.69ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwhoopsie0",
            "binary_version": "0.2.69ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "whoopsie",
            "binary_version": "0.2.69ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}