apport on root bugs try to call firefox as root which collide with already open firefox from user

Bug #913784 reported by Sasa Paporovic
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apport (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

The probelm is that when firefox is already open by normal user and apport deamon detect a problem that for reporting need root priviledges, apport try to call a other instace of firefox which collide with the already opened firefox.

-> In consequence bugreporting failed, because the new instance of firefox could not come up.

Expect: Bug reporting should also work in this situation.

Additional: It may be enough when apport also use the already opened firefox in user priviledge.

This is a serious thing, because not every user will go to /var/crash and redo the report, so you will not get the valuable reports about the system internals. -> Bad thing for sytem stability.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apport 1.90-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.14-generic 3.2.0
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
 ERROR: apport (pid 3137) Mon Jan 9 10:46:34 2012: called for pid 2472, signal 11
 ERROR: apport (pid 3137) Mon Jan 9 10:46:34 2012: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz")
 ERROR: apport (pid 3137) Mon Jan 9 10:46:34 2012: debug: session gdbus call: (true,)

 ERROR: apport (pid 3137) Mon Jan 9 10:46:52 2012: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_compiz.1000.crash
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 9 14:30:28 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-31 (8 days ago)

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Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sam_ (and-sam)
tags: added: security vulnerability
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Actually prevents to report bugs via GUI.
Having three crashes from libreoffice, compiz, g-s-d, need to close firefox every time, go to /var/crash and upload bugs manually.
apport:
  Installed: 1.90-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.90-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.90-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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