apt-cacher stops updates of random packages (Connection failed)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
apt-cacher (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt-cacher
SECURITY:
apt-cacher stops downloading given packages (or perhaps even indexes), and as a result any auto updates running other computers using this cache will stop working, probably silently, staying at old versions of software.
System's are not updating themselves, which can be a security problem.
apt-cacher on server is up-to-date (2010.02.03) Ubuntu 9.10 amd64: 1.6.8ubuntu1
aptitude on client is up-to-date (2010.02.03) Ubuntu 9.10 amd64
Each time (also after apt-cacher restart) the client was getting error of Connection failed when updating some packages.
# aptitude install konsole korganizer kgpg -y
[...]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kgpg
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 925kB of archives. After unpacking 2,085kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Err http://
Connection failed
E: Failed to fetch http://
Then on the server I removed the kgpg cached files, and since then all works - kgpg can be again downloaded.
find /var/cache/
/var/cache/
/var/cache/
/var/cache/
root@jumpi(
da39a3ee5e6b4b0
accbd5a2689122f
c25cd10f3168e94
root@jumpi(
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in apt-cacher (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in apt-cacher (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → New |
tags: | added: verification-needed |
Changed in apt-cacher (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Bug disables updates of Ubuntu for the clients.
I hope this will be seen as a security risk also by security team.