CVE-2020-11937
Resource exhaustion vulnerability in whoopsie
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5, 0.2.62ubuntu0.5, 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Canonical whoopsie
From 0.2.52 · fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5; From 0.2.62 · fixed in 0.2.62ubuntu0.5; From 0.2.69 · fixed in 0.2.69ubuntu0.1