update-manager crashed with TypeError in refresh_cache(): start_error() missing 1 required positional argument: 'desc'

Bug #1099274 reported by CSRedRat
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

I received in updating attempt.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.176
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.3-generic 3.8.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 14 10:16:27 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1358136958'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'840'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'1087'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (55 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121118)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/update-manager -c -d
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '-c', '-d']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with TypeError in refresh_cache(): start_error() missing 1 required positional argument: 'desc'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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CSRedRat (csredrat) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

information type: Private → Public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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