update-notifier notifies of phased-updates for which you may not be eligible
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Brian Murray |
Bug Description
Update-notifier displays X number of updates, but then when you launch update-manager (done by choosing to install the updates) you are presented with Y number of updates, where Y is less than X. This is because update-notifier does not check to see if a package is under going phasing and subsequently shows all the available updates even though your system may not be selected to install them.
I've marked it as a security vulnerability.
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.186.2
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Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 10 13:19:51 2013
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InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-28 (285 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
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UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-14 (118 days ago)
Related branches
- Dennis Kaarsemaker: Pending requested
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summary: |
- Software updater says there are 7 updates when there are only 2 + update-notifier notifies of phased-updates for which you may not be + eligible |
description: | updated |
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Low → Medium |
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
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.