CVE-2019-11476

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-11476
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-29 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-12 07:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer overflow in whoopsie before versions 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1, 0.2.62ubuntu0.1, 0.2.64ubuntu0.1, 0.2.66, results in an out-of-bounds write to a heap allocated buffer when processing large crash dumps. This results in a crash or possible code-execution in the context of the whoopsie process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu Apport / Whoopsie DoS / Integer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Bug #1830863 “Integer overflow in parse_report (whoopsie.c:425)” : Bugs : whoopsie package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
USN-4052-1: Whoopsie vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu MISC usn.ubuntu.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Kevin Backhouse of Semmle Security Research Team

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