package clamav-freshclam 0.97.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Ritesh]

Clamav

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: clamav-freshclam 0.97.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 21 01:07:03 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=UUID=31899241-f33d-4d4b-b5f6-aa02b1869d86 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: clamav
Title: package clamav-freshclam 0.97.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-20 (0 days ago)

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Is this actually a debconf bug?

Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 109.
dpkg: error processing clamav-freshclam (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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