#916489 aptitude: corrupted cache can cause segfault on start

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Ben Hildred
Date:
2018-12-15 00:09:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#916489#5
Date:
2018-12-15 00:05:37 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
disk failure caused corrupted files including /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
A complete reinstall of the relevant binary packages did nothing  to stop
segfaults on startup (including libc) but removal of the pkgstates package
restored aptitude to a functional state.

This is a very minor security issue. Sorry for the largefile flag (unrelated
bug in reportbug-gtk).