Activity log for bug #1255328

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2013-11-26 22:15:02 Dustin Lundquist bug added bug
2013-11-26 22:16:48 Dustin Lundquist attachment added memcached-no-create-home.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/+bug/1255328/+attachment/3917778/+files/memcached-no-create-home.patch
2013-11-26 22:17:50 Dustin Lundquist description <pre> [dustin@lilthing ~]$ ls / bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img initrd.img.old lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var vmlinuz vmlinuz.old [dustin@lilthing ~]$ sudo apt-get install memcached Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: libcache-memcached-perl libmemcached The following NEW packages will be installed: memcached 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/76.3 kB of archives. After this operation, 228 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package memcached. (Reading database ... 243247 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking memcached (from .../memcached_1.4.14-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up memcached (1.4.14-0ubuntu4) ... Starting memcached: memcached. Processing triggers for ureadahead ... [dustin@lilthing ~]$ ls / bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img initrd.img.old lib lib64 lost+found media mnt nonexistent opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var vmlinuz vmlinuz.old </pre> Suggested fix: <pre> --- memcached-1.4.14/debian/memcached.postinst.orig 2013-11-26 14:13:52.632357089 -0800 +++ memcached-1.4.14/debian/memcached.postinst 2013-11-26 14:14:30.788355734 -0800 @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ adduser \ --system \ --disabled-login \ + --no-create-home \ --ingroup $GROUP \ --home $DATADIR \ --gecos "Memcached" \ </pre> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Nov 26 14:08:48 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-08 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: memcached UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) memcached package creates /nonexistant which should not exist: [dustin@lilthing ~]$ ls / bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img initrd.img.old lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var vmlinuz vmlinuz.old [dustin@lilthing ~]$ sudo apt-get install memcached Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages:   libcache-memcached-perl libmemcached The following NEW packages will be installed:   memcached 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/76.3 kB of archives. After this operation, 228 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package memcached. (Reading database ... 243247 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking memcached (from .../memcached_1.4.14-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up memcached (1.4.14-0ubuntu4) ... Starting memcached: memcached. Processing triggers for ureadahead ... [dustin@lilthing ~]$ ls / bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img initrd.img.old lib lib64 lost+found media mnt nonexistent opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var vmlinuz vmlinuz.old ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Nov 26 14:08:48 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-08 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: memcached UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2013-11-27 00:18:07 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags amd64 apport-bug saucy amd64 apport-bug patch saucy
2013-11-27 00:18:18 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot bug added subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2013-11-29 08:32:21 Yolanda Robla memcached (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2013-11-29 08:32:24 Yolanda Robla memcached (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2014-01-07 06:07:51 Dustin Lundquist tags amd64 apport-bug patch saucy amd64 apport-bug patch saucy trusty
2014-01-07 06:08:17 Dustin Lundquist summary Memcached package creates /nonexistent/ Installing memcached package creates /nonexistent
2014-01-13 21:58:20 Launchpad Janitor memcached (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Released
2014-01-13 21:58:20 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2011-4971
2014-01-13 21:58:20 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2013-0179
2014-01-13 21:58:20 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2013-7239