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tzdata package

tzdata update 2007f-3ubuntu1 causes stack smashing

Bug #174079 reported by Scott Testerman
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tzdata (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: tzdata

OMG, you smashed my stack!!!

On a fresh install of Kubuntu 7.10 i386, installed from the Alternate Install CD. Initial run of Adept Manager to perform Full Upgrade, I get the following messages:

GUI:
"There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages."

Details:
Preparing to replace tzdata 2007f-3ubuntu1 (using .../tzdata_2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tzdata ...
Setting up tzdata (2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10) ...
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tzdata
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Setting up tzdata (2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10) ...
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tzdata
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Setting up tzdata (2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10) ...
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/perl terminated
dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tzdata

You did not, for the record, sink my battleship.

Revision history for this message
Scott Testerman (scott-testerman) wrote :

The update is able to install normally when using "apt-get update" from the command line. It only fails using Adept.

Revision history for this message
Scott Testerman (scott-testerman) wrote :

Version 2007j-0ubuntu0.7.10 was available today and installed from the Adept Updater with no problems.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in tzdata:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
quazgar (quazgar) wrote :

This still happened with a fresh install of the current kubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso (from ftp5.gwdg.de, md5 ok). After those segfaults adept_updater claimed a new version of kubuntu was available. It then tried to upgrade to 7.10 (silly of course, since it was on 7.10 already), but was hanging and had to be killed.

In my solution a simple apt-get update && apt-get -f install at least managed to fix part of it, a subsequent adept_updater finally worked as expected. After a reboot to make the new kernel feel comfortable everything looks as nice as always :-)

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