Bug#254770: apt-cache: segfaults when running as non-root user

[Thilo Pfennig <tp@alternativ.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.25
Severity: normal


apt-cache crashes when I do a search as a non-root user. I have this on two systems (both virtual server)


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Default-Release "sarge";
APT::Cache-Limit "141943904";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";

-- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: *
Pin: release testing
Pin-priority: 100

-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (100, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1um
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.3-9    GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.3-9    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

-- no debconf information