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

[Janne Jokelainen]

Binary package hint: aptitude

1.
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

2.
apt-cache policy aptitude
aptitude:
  Asennettu: 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9
  Ehdokas: 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9
  Versiotaulukko:
 *** 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3. In aptitude, I pressed "play minesweeper"

4. aptitude crashed with "Ouch! Got SIGABRT, dying.."
    error reporting tool started with message "buffer owerflow detected"

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** buffer overflow detected ***: aptitude terminated
Date: Tue Mar 2 22:53:32 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/aptitude
Package: aptitude 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9
ProcCmdline: aptitude
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fi_FI.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: aptitude
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: aptitude assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: aptitude terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #448317, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Janne Jokelainen (janne.jokelainen)]

The bug #448317 is private, so I don't know do I have information to provide for that bug