package libservlet2.5-java (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Kinnari-BoldItalic.ttf'

[sajunamboodiri]

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

libhsqldb-java: Depends: libservlet2.5-java but it is not installed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libservlet2.5-java (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 3 07:18:10 2013
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2013-04-03 07:18:07
 Commandline: apt-get install -f
 Install: libservlet2.5-java:i386 (6.0.35-1ubuntu3.2, automatic)
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking fonts-tlwg-kinnari (from .../libservlet2.5-java_6.0.35-1ubuntu3.2_all.deb) ...
 dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy
 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libservlet2.5-java_6.0.35-1ubuntu3.2_all.deb (--unpack):
  short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Kinnari-BoldItalic.ttf'
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking fonts-tlwg-kinnari (from .../libservlet2.5-java_6.0.35-1ubuntu3.2_all.deb) ...
 dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy
 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libservlet2.5-java_6.0.35-1ubuntu3.2_all.deb (--unpack):
  short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Kinnari-BoldItalic.ttf'
ErrorMessage: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Kinnari-BoldItalic.ttf'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: tomcat6
Title: package libservlet2.5-java (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Kinnari-BoldItalic.ttf'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-02-23 (38 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.

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

Thanks for reporting this
Seems that you are having a problem of corrupted downloads.

Can you take a look at this post and check if that works?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/5133/how-to-recover-dpkg-from-corrupted-downloads