package clamav-base 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Don Fredericks]

My computer used to continually freeze after about thirty (30) seconds or so such that neither my mouse nor my keyboard worked because they froze, which required me to repeatedly restart my computer, but not first without disconnecting my computer from its internet connection, given that my understanding is and/or was that there are or were security problems in permitting the grub loader to be seen and, therefore, its key to be read by eavesdropper(s) on the other end of the internet cable. Nevertheless, it also appears, after having reviewed my computer's files and folder that criminal hacker(s) have and continue to attempt to infiltrate my computer by means of two (2) known files, Namely, .pki and .esd_auth . Given that my computer was hacked a day or two ago, thereby rendering it useless to the point of my computer being unable to boot, I assert and maintain that these vulnerabilities ought to be addressed to prevent further security breaches in an otherwise excellent operating system.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: clamav-base 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-121.164-generic-pae 3.2.79
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-121-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 7 20:46:24 2018
DuplicateSignature: package:clamav-base:0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-16 (356 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-121-generic-pae root=UUID=120b07c7-e971-4a45-bc46-a15f8eefc5e1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
SourcePackage: clamav
Title: package clamav-base 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2017-07-29 (194 days ago)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

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.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

I also can't see any hack evidence in the data shared.

What I can see in your log is:
Setting up clamav-base (0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
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 $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 package clamav-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

That seems to be a reoccuring, but not yet solved issue.
See bug 442941 and bug 1679435 for details.
Fixes for those are relased, but there is a lot detail solved there.

I hope the bugs will help you find your issue.
If you have had a particular security issue in mind please outline it so that we can adress it.

Since there isn't enough information in your report to differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for clamav (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for debconf (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]