whoopsie up to 0.2.69 whoopsie.c parse_report allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in whoopsie up to 0.2.69. This affects the function parse_report of the file whoopsie.c. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-15570. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in whoopsie up to 0.2.69. Affected by this issue is the function parse_report of the file whoopsie.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/06/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-15570 since 07/06/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• whoopsie

Version

• 0.2.0
• 0.2.1
• 0.2.2
• 0.2.3
• 0.2.4
• 0.2.5
• 0.2.6
• 0.2.7
• 0.2.8
• 0.2.9
• 0.2.10
• 0.2.11
• 0.2.12
• 0.2.13
• 0.2.14
• 0.2.15
• 0.2.16
• 0.2.17
• 0.2.18
• 0.2.19
• 0.2.20
• 0.2.21
• 0.2.22
• 0.2.23
• 0.2.24
• 0.2.25
• 0.2.26
• 0.2.27
• 0.2.28
• 0.2.29
• 0.2.30
• 0.2.31
• 0.2.32
• 0.2.33
• 0.2.34
• 0.2.35
• 0.2.36
• 0.2.37
• 0.2.38
• 0.2.39
• 0.2.40
• 0.2.41
• 0.2.42
• 0.2.43
• 0.2.44
• 0.2.45
• 0.2.46
• 0.2.47
• 0.2.48
• 0.2.49
• 0.2.50
• 0.2.51
• 0.2.52
• 0.2.53
• 0.2.54
• 0.2.55
• 0.2.56
• 0.2.57
• 0.2.58
• 0.2.59
• 0.2.60
• 0.2.61
• 0.2.62
• 0.2.63
• 0.2.64
• 0.2.65
• 0.2.66
• 0.2.67
• 0.2.68
• 0.2.69

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