package psad 2.4.3-1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Eric]

Description: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Release: 17.10

Failed to start LSB

Result of systemctl status psad.service
● psad.service - LSB: Port Scan Attack Detector (psad)
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/psad; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2017-08-18 10:44:46 +07; 4min 24s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 23652 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/psad start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
      CPU: 138ms

Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 psad[23677]: imported TOS-based passive OS fingerprinting signatures
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 psad[23677]: imported original Snort rules in /etc/psad/snort_rules/ for reference info
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 psad[23652]: [*] import_signatures(): bad signature on line: 1 at /usr/sbin/psad line 4192, <SIGS> line 1.
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 psad[23652]: * Unable to start the daemon
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 psad[23652]: * Starting Port Scan Attack Detector psad
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 psad[23652]: ...fail!
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 systemd[1]: psad.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Port Scan Attack Detector (psad).
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 systemd[1]: psad.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 18 10:44:46 -1 systemd[1]: psad.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Result of journalctl -xe
Aug 18 10:45:01 -1 CRON[23754]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Aug 18 10:45:01 -1 CRON[23756]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)
Aug 18 10:45:01 -1 CRON[23754]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 18 10:45:05 -1 gnome-terminal-[4732]: Allocating size to GtkBox 0x7e44995f40 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). How does the code know the size to allocate?
Aug 18 10:45:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 38, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 4318
Aug 18 10:45:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 38, success, outsize: 96
Aug 18 10:46:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 39, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 4318
Aug 18 10:46:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 39, success, outsize: 96
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device: Job dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device/start timed out.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device.
-- Subject: Unit dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
--
-- Unit dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device has failed.
--
-- The result is timeout.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Cryptography Setup for cryptswap1.
-- Subject: Unit <email address hidden> has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
--
-- Unit <email address hidden> has failed.
--
-- The result is dependency.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: <email address hidden>: Job <email address hidden>/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for /dev/mapper/cryptswap1.
-- Subject: Unit dev-mapper-cryptswap1.swap has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
--
-- Unit dev-mapper-cryptswap1.swap has failed.
--
-- The result is dependency.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: dev-mapper-cryptswap1.swap: Job dev-mapper-cryptswap1.swap/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device: Job dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device/start failed with result 'timeout'.
Aug 18 10:46:16 -1 systemd[1]: Unnecessary job for dev-disk-by\x2duuid-60c74751\x2d5304\x2d4cb9\x2db08e\x2de0c70e655655.device was removed.
-- Subject: Unit dev-disk-by\x2duuid-60c74751\x2d5304\x2d4cb9\x2db08e\x2de0c70e655655.device has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
--
-- Unit dev-disk-by\x2duuid-60c74751\x2d5304\x2d4cb9\x2db08e\x2de0c70e655655.device has failed.
--
-- The result is collected.
Aug 18 10:46:39 -1 gnome-shell[4130]: JS ERROR: TypeError: app is null
                                             Indicator<._onSettingsClicked@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/system.js:441:9
                                             wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178:22
Aug 18 10:47:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 40, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 4318
Aug 18 10:47:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 40, success, outsize: 96
Aug 18 10:48:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 41, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 4318
Aug 18 10:48:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 41, success, outsize: 96
Aug 18 10:49:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 42, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 4318
Aug 18 10:49:05 -1 xdg-document-portal[5175]: unique: 42, success, outsize: 96

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: psad 2.4.3-1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 18 10:28:51 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-19 (120 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5~beta1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: psad
Title: package psad 2.4.3-1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.psad.psad.conf: 2017-05-30T08:58:00.065386
mtime.conffile..etc.psad.signatures: 2017-05-30T10:51:24.504319

[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.