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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Whoopsie regression (USN-4170-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130513

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4170-3 advisory.

 USN-4170-1 fixed a vulnerability in Whoopsie and USN-4170-2 fixed a subsequent regression. That update was incomplete and could still result in Whoopsie potentially crashing when uploading crash reports on some architectures.

 This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libwhoopsie-dev, libwhoopsie0 and / or whoopsie packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4170-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130513

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4170-3.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2019

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:whoopsie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwhoopsie-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwhoopsie0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Reference Information

USN: 4170-3