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On Tue, 11 Jun 2024, Brian Murray wrote:

> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:05:13 -0000
> From: Brian Murray <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 2055114] Re: fail2ban is broken in 24.04 Noble
> 
> Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted fail2ban into noble-proposed. The package will build now and be
> available at
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fail2ban/1.0.2-3ubuntu0.1 in a few
> hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package.  See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
> to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
> update out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been
> performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-
> noble to verification-done-noble. If it does not fix the bug for you,
> please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-
> failed-noble. In either case, without details of your testing we will
> not be able to proceed.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
> advance for helping!
>
> N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
> fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
> -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.
>
> ** Changed in: fail2ban (Ubuntu Noble)
>       Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-noble
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2055114
>
> Title:
>  fail2ban is broken in 24.04 Noble
>
> Status in fail2ban package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in fail2ban source package in Noble:
>  Fix Committed
> Status in fail2ban source package in Oracular:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  [ Impact ]
>  * fail2ban fails to start on Ubuntu 24.04, due to new Python and deprecated classes (now vendored upstream)
>
>  [ Test Plan ]
>  * Install and check systemctl status fail2ban.
>
>  [ Where problems could occur ]
>  * Nowhere, fixing a program failing to start
>
>  [ Other info ]
>  Was working in 22.04, but after upgrading to 24.04 I get this:
>
>  × fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service
>       Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
>       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2024-02-25 02:27:29 PST; 1 day 18h ago
>     Duration: 2.330s
>         Docs: man:fail2ban(1)
>      Process: 1130 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/fail2ban (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>      Process: 1133 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/fail2ban-server -xf start (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
>     Main PID: 1133 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
>          CPU: 660ms
>
>  Feb 25 02:27:26 mx1 systemd[1]: Starting fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
>  Feb 25 02:27:26 mx1 systemd[1]: Started fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service.
>  Feb 25 02:27:28 mx1 fail2ban-server[1133]: 2024-02-25 02:27:28,952 fail2ban                [1133]: ERROR   No module named 'asynchat'
>  Feb 25 02:27:29 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
>  Feb 25 02:27:29 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
>  grep fail2ban syslog
>  2024-02-25T02:25:17.813593-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: Stopping fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
>  2024-02-25T02:27:26.625640-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: Starting fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
>  2024-02-25T02:27:26.678572-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: Started fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service.
>  2024-02-25T02:27:28.954548-08:00 mx1 fail2ban-server[1133]: 2024-02-25 02:27:28,952 fail2ban                [1133]: ERROR   No module named 'asynchat'
>  2024-02-25T02:27:29.004733-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
>  2024-02-25T02:27:29.004834-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
>  Seems 24.04 is missing a python 3.12 module 'asynchat'.
>
>  This leaves my systems vulnerable to brute-force password guessing
>  attacks.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
>  Package: fail2ban 1.0.2-3
>  Uname: Linux 6.7.6 x86_64
>  ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
>  CurrentDesktop: MATE
>  Date: Mon Feb 26 20:33:12 2024
>  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-14 (2388 days ago)
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  SourcePackage: fail2ban
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-01-23 (35 days ago)
>
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