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Corrupt value for /etc/apt/apt.conf accepted during installation

Bug #959224 reported by Lars Noodén
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Bug Description

During the installation of Lubuntu, there is a step where HTTP proxy information is collected. There appears to be no attempt to validate the URI entered so it is possible to enter an invalid link. Instead of rejecting the invalid link, it gets put into /etc/apt/apt.conf
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ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: powerpc
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha powerpc (20120318)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:8203 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth HCI
MemoryUsage:
 total used free shared buffers cached
 Mem: 635052 443724 191328 0 22836 191252
 -/+ buffers/cache: 229636 405416
 Swap: 1650120 0 1650120
Package: debian-installer (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=4ea59237-a437-4fc2-91f0-3a6c4c52a459 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-powerpc-smp 3.2.11
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-powerpc-smp ppc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected precise
description: updated
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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : DIPartman.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : DISyslog.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : DiskUsage.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : Lspci.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : ProcCpuinfo.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : ProcInterrupts.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : ProcModules.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : UdevDb.txt

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : UdevLog.txt

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/959224

tags: added: iso-testing
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Exactly what did you enter? Was it "19:80"?

affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) → choose-mirror (Ubuntu)
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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote :

I entered a mangled URL. It was something like this:

http>//

No where did it check the syntax or do a test of connectivity. This is in the Alternate install CDs.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in choose-mirror (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Kate Stewart (kate.stewart)
tags: added: rls-mgr-p-tracking
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