aptitude assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: aptitude terminated

[Alex Valavanis]

Binary package hint: aptitude

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the crash occurred when I cleared obsolete packages (Ctrl-T, O) after completion of an update.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** buffer overflow detected ***: aptitude terminated
Date: Fri Jan 15 01:09:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/aptitude
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20091209)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: aptitude 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu8
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined (enforce)
ProcCmdline: aptitude
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: aptitude
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
 __chk_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
Tags: lucid
Title: aptitude assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: aptitude terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

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