Comment 11 for bug 756317

Yes, this bug is a PITA. I can't see why something as important as an
update list isn't cryptographically verified. Heck, even a quick md5sum
check would catch this 99.99999% of the time.

Bryan Harris, PE
Research Engineer
Structures and Materials Evaluation Group
University of Dayton Research Institute
<email address hidden>
http://www.udri.udayton.edu/
(937) 229-5561

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Monsta <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #710229
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=710229
>
> ** Also affects: apt (Debian) via
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=710229
> Importance: Unknown
> Status: Unknown
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756317
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> Title:
> Captive portals may corrupt apt package lists
>
> Status in "apt" package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in "apt" package in Debian:
> Unknown
>
> Bug description:
> I have an adsl modem which returns an html page if the adsl link is
> broken. This page ends as the content of the apt cache files stored in
> /var/lib/apt/lists, which breaks apt.
>
> The only way to make apt work again is to delete all the files stored
> in /var/lib/apt/lists.
>
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