[Bug 828329] Re: software-properties-gtk crashed with AttributeError in _check_policykit_privilege(): 'SoftwarePropertiesDBus' object has no attribute '_check_polkit_privilege'

[Robert Roth]

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.
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Title:
  software-properties-gtk crashed with AttributeError in
  _check_policykit_privilege(): 'SoftwarePropertiesDBus' object has no
  attribute '_check_polkit_privilege'

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Happened after I tried to open synaptics. Synaptics didn't open.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.81.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Aug 17 21:59:33 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk --open-tab 2
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '--open-tab', '2']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with AttributeError in _check_policykit_privilege(): 'SoftwarePropertiesDBus' object has no attribute '_check_polkit_privilege'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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