This bug was fixed in the package vte - 1:0.28.2-5ubuntu1
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vte (1:0.28.2-5ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low
* Resynchronise with Debian (libexecdir fix closes LP: #864609).
Remaining changes:
- debian/patches/91_keep_fds.patch:
- vte does not support G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN when calling
vte_terminal_fork_command_full().
- debian/patches/93_add_alt_screen_scroll_toggle.patch:
- Handle scrolling differently when using alternate screen or
scrolling is restricted.
- debian/patches/lp246701_scroll_region_updates.patch:
- Fix update glitch related to scroll regions.
- debian/patches/backscroll-stream-mem.patch:
- Provide a memory-based scrollback stream backend to avoid hitting
disk with terminal contents.
* Add version for vte_terminal_set_alternate_screen_scroll to
libvte9.symbols (probably a bit too tight, but due to changelog
truncation this is the best I could readily manage).
vte (1:0.28.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
* Update repository URL.
* 03_CVE-2012-2738.patch, 04_CVE-2012-2738.patch: backport upstream
patches to fix a memory exhaustion vulnerability. Closes: #677717.
vte (1:0.28.2-4) unstable; urgency=low
* debian/control.in:
- Remove obsolete Conflicts and Replaces.
* debian/rules:
- Correctly pass libexecdir to configure so libvte has the correct path to
gnome-pty-helper. Closes: #645104
* Add symbols file for libvte9 for improved shlibs dependencies and bump
shlibs accordingly. Closes: #633798
-- Colin Watson <[email protected]> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:55:15 +0100
** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2012-2738
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/864609
Title:
libvte9 fails to record utmp/login entries
Status in “vte” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “vte” package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
When using xfce4-terminal (0.4.8-1) on freshly installed Xubuntu 11.10
beta2 x86_64 no utmp entries are being recorded.
On the same machine login, sshd, screen, xterm and gnome-terminal all
record utmp entries successfully.
This is an example output of "w" and "who" run on a machine with
several xfce4-terminals open:
snabb@oil:~$ w
19:47:37 up 2:32, 0 users, load average: 0.52, 2.00, 2.81
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
snabb@oil:~$ who am i
snabb@oil:~$ who -a
system boot 2011-10-02 17:15
run-level 2 2011-10-02 17:15
LOGIN tty4 2011-10-02 17:15 1255 id=4
LOGIN tty5 2011-10-02 17:15 1259 id=5
LOGIN tty2 2011-10-02 17:15 1266 id=2
LOGIN tty3 2011-10-02 17:15 1268 id=3
LOGIN tty6 2011-10-02 17:15 1274 id=6
LOGIN tty1 2011-10-02 17:15 2198 id=1
snabb@oil:~$
This is an example output when xterm is being used (with one window
open). It can be seen that xterm records utmp entries successfully:
snabb@oil:~$ w
19:49:47 up 2:34, 1 user, load average: 0.32, 1.38, 2.48
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
snabb pts/14 :0.0 19:49 0.00s 0.33s 0.01s w
snabb@oil:~$ who am i
snabb pts/14 2011-10-02 19:49 (:0.0)
snabb@oil:~$ who -a
system boot 2011-10-02 17:15
run-level 2 2011-10-02 17:15
LOGIN tty4 2011-10-02 17:15 1255 id=4
LOGIN tty5 2011-10-02 17:15 1259 id=5
LOGIN tty2 2011-10-02 17:15 1266 id=2
LOGIN tty3 2011-10-02 17:15 1268 id=3
LOGIN tty6 2011-10-02 17:15 1274 id=6
LOGIN tty1 2011-10-02 17:15 2198 id=1
snabb + pts/14 2011-10-02 19:49 . 10462 (:0.0)
snabb@oil:~$
Some additional observations:
- I am surprised that gnome-terminal does NOT exhibit this problem. I
thought that both xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal just use libvte
routines for utmp handling.
- utmp was recently moved to /run/utmp. Maybe this is related?
I will add additional details to this report in case I notice
something useful.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xfce4-terminal 0.4.8-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 2 19:42:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110920.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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