Fatal exception failure of unattended-upgrade
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Wily |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Every morning, since I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10, I get a mail (root) reporting a fatal exception in unatteded-upgrade containing the following.
/etc/cron.
Exception: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'bytes' and 'tuple'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
main(options)
File "/usr/bin/
pkgs, pkg_install_
File "/usr/bin/
host(), res)
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'bytes' and 'tuple'
As a consequence no automatic updates are performed anymore, including security updates. For this reason I flag this as a security vulnerability although it is only indirect.
Manual updates is still working.
information type: | Private Security → Public Security |
Changed in unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Thanks for your bugreport
Could you please attach the output of the commands:
$ locale
$ sudo -i locale
$ apt list -a unattended-upgrades
?
Thanks,
Michael