#976130 passwordsafe: pwsafe hangs and yubikey stops working

Package:
passwordsafe
Source:
passwordsafe
Description:
Simple & Secure Password Management
Submitter:
jackie
Date:
2020-12-11 19:21:06 UTC
Severity:
important
#976130#5
Date:
2020-11-30 05:17:52 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
I just started using pwsafe for testing purposes
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
The first time I ran it it worked fine. The second time it would hang. After
that even after rm -rf .pwsafe it would just hang. Also my yubikey would stop
working. If I logged out the problem with the yubi would persist. If I reboot
the yubikey would work and pwsafe would be more responsive but not actually
work. I tried buildind my own version 1.11 and got the same error.

After another reboot it worked but then the enter conbination screen came up
and hang. reboot unresposive. yubikey does not work.

   * What was the outcome of this action?
hangs
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
for it to work normally
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#976130#10
Date:
2020-12-11 18:49:34 UTC
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The hang/unresponsiveness *may* be related to https://github.com/pwsafe/pwsafe/issues/559
or it might be something else.

If it is related to the above, then there's no fix for it yet, as it's been
difficult to reliably reproduce.

Since it seems to be happening pretty consistently for you, would you
mind doing some additional testing and data gathering to help
troubleshoot?

Specifically, I'd be interested to know if the yubikey is related.  If
you unplug the yubikey, and attempt to go through normal usage patterns
without the yubikey in the picture, does it work normally?  If so, it
could indicate problem with passwordsafe's yubikey support.

If it's the same regardless whether or not the yubikey is present, then
it's probably something else.

Also, it might be helpful if you could provide a log of running
passwordsafe under strace, up to and including the point you notice the
the hang.  That might help give an indication of what's happening.