software-properties-gtk crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in exists(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 13: ordinal not in range(128)

[segora]

install in synaptic ubuntugames ppa, add key public bug :

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.81.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 1 20:48:04 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110830)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk -n -t 62914689
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '-n', '-t', '62914689']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in exists(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 13: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

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.
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[der_alex1980 (beckstrinker)]

This bug occurs if the path to the keyfile contains non ascii characters, for example when importing from

/home/alex/Arbeitsfläche/keyfile.ppa.asc

which is the default Desktop directory in German Xubuntu.

Log:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 848, in add_key_clicked
    if not self.backend.AddKey(chooser.get_filename()):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.UnicodeEncodeError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py", line 280, in AddKey
    return self.add_key(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 742, in add_key
    if not os.path.exists(path):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/genericpath.py", line 18, in exists
    os.stat(path)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe4' in position 20: ordinal not in range(128)

[Thierry Mallard (thierrymallard)]

I suspect this is the same bug for me. I just can't launch software-properties-gtk :

lilo@lilo-Vostro-3360:~$ software-properties-gtk
gpg: /tmp/tmpnd5xe1/trustdb.gpg: base de confiance créée
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 162, in packages_for_modalias
    cache_map = packages_for_modalias.cache_maps[apt_cache_hash]
KeyError: 4252617

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 103, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 178, in __init__
    self.init_drivers()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 1097, in init_drivers
    self.devices = detect.system_device_drivers()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 415, in system_device_drivers
    for pkg, pkginfo in system_driver_packages(apt_cache).items():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 319, in system_driver_packages
    for p in packages_for_modalias(apt_cache, alias):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 164, in packages_for_modalias
    cache_map = _apt_cache_modalias_map(apt_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 129, in _apt_cache_modalias_map
    m = package.candidate.record['Modaliases']
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 429, in record
    return Record(self._records.record)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xeb in position 114: invalid continuation byte

[Sébastien Ballangé (sballange)]

I have the exact same error as Thierry, plus Apport tries to send me to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1030471 which 404s.

$ software-properties-gtk --debug
gpg: /tmp/tmpmn3bli/trustdb.gpg: base de confiance créée
ENABLED COMPS: {'restricted', 'main', 'multiverse', 'universe'}
INTERNET COMPS: {'restricted', 'main', 'multiverse', 'universe'}
MAIN SOURCES
 URI: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 Comps: ['main', 'restricted', 'universe', 'multiverse']
 Enabled: True
 Valid: True
 MatchURI: archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 BaseURI: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

CHILD SOURCES
 URI: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 Comps: ['main', 'restricted', 'universe', 'multiverse']
 Enabled: True
 Valid: True
 MatchURI: archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 BaseURI: None

 URI: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 Comps: ['main', 'restricted', 'universe', 'multiverse']
 Enabled: True
 Valid: True
 MatchURI: archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu|security.ubuntu.com
 BaseURI: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

CDROM SOURCES
SOURCE CODE SOURCES
 URI: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 Comps: ['main', 'restricted', 'universe', 'multiverse']
 Enabled: True
 Valid: True
 MatchURI: archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 BaseURI: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

 URI: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 Comps: ['main', 'restricted', 'universe', 'multiverse']
 Enabled: True
 Valid: True
 MatchURI: archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 BaseURI: None

 URI: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 Comps: ['main', 'restricted', 'universe', 'multiverse']
 Enabled: True
 Valid: True
 MatchURI: archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu|security.ubuntu.com
 BaseURI: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

DISABLED SOURCES
ISV
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 162, in packages_for_modalias
    cache_map = packages_for_modalias.cache_maps[apt_cache_hash]
KeyError: 4830165

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 103, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 178, in __init__
    self.init_drivers()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 1097, in init_drivers
    self.devices = detect.system_device_drivers()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 415, in system_device_drivers
    for pkg, pkginfo in system_driver_packages(apt_cache).items():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 319, in system_driver_packages
    for p in packages_for_modalias(apt_cache, alias):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 164, in packages_for_modalias
    cache_map = _apt_cache_modalias_map(apt_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 129, in _apt_cache_modalias_map
    m = package.candidate.record['Modaliases']
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 429, in record
    return Record(self._records.record)
UnicodeDecodeError...

[Daniel Colquitt (danielcolquitt)]

I have, what appears to be, the same bug as Thierry and Sébastien. Apport also tries to send me to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1030471.

Attached is the output of software-properties-gtk --debug.

[jlg (vbn2)]

Hi,
the same on Ubuntu12.10-64bits :

"duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1030471 "

and the end of the --debug.txt :

DISABLED SOURCES
ISV
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 162, in packages_for_modalias
    cache_map = packages_for_modalias.cache_maps[apt_cache_hash]
KeyError: 4040753

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 103, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 178, in __init__
    self.init_drivers()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 1097, in init_drivers
    self.devices = detect.system_device_drivers()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 415, in system_device_drivers
    for pkg, pkginfo in system_driver_packages(apt_cache).items():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 319, in system_driver_packages
    for p in packages_for_modalias(apt_cache, alias):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 164, in packages_for_modalias
    cache_map = _apt_cache_modalias_map(apt_cache)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 129, in _apt_cache_modalias_map
    m = package.candidate.record['Modaliases']
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 429, in record
    return Record(self._records.record)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 735: invalid continuation byte

[Wouter Vandenneucker (woutervddn)]

Priority should be high, Software Sources crashes on my HP 6735b because of this...

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I am setting this to Fix Released as it has not been reported at the Ubuntu Error Tracker for a release since 12.04.

https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk:UnicodeEncodeError:add_key_clicked:__call__:call_blocking:_message_cb:AddKey:add_key:exists