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Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1892-1 Moderate: Upgrade Failure in Release Upgrader

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Calendar Grey June 27, 2013
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Security Advisory USN-1920-3: Migration issues in ubuntu-release-upgrader hinder user upgrades to version 13.10.
ubuntu-release-upgrader would crash when attempting to upgrade.

Summary

ubuntu-release-upgrader would crash when attempting to upgrade.

Software Description:

- ubuntu-release-upgrader: manage release upgrades

Details:

It was discovered that ubuntu-release-upgrader would fail when a user

requested an upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04. This would prevent a user from

migrating easily to Ubuntu 13.04 before the Ubuntu 12.10 support period

ended.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity ubuntu upgrade issue release upgrader

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk     1:0.190.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1892-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1094777

June 27, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity ubuntu upgrade issue release upgrader

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:0.190.7

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