[USN-219-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

[Carlos Arenas Córdoba]

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when i tried to upgrade packages (via synaptic or directly at the cli),
i fail (see output below).

i have never had problems with installing/updating packages in ubuntu...
can someone help me out here?

tia!


<OUTPUT>
carlos at nomada ~ $ sudo apt-get -y upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  language-selector linux-image-2.6.12-10-386
linux-restricted-modules-common
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 18.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 52.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main
linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 2.6.12-10.24 [18.0MB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main language-selector
0.1.1 [22.9kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted
linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.12.4-11.1 [10.4kB]
Fetched 18.1MB in 39s (462kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package
`linux-image-2.6.12-10-386' missing, assuming package has no files
currently installed.
80901 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace language-selector 0.1 (using
.../language-selector_0.1.1_all.deb) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old pre-removal script: Permission
denied
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-removal script: Permission
denied
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/language-selector_0.1.1_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script:
Permission denied
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 2.6.12-10.24 (using
.../linux-image-2.6.12-10-386_2.6.12-10.24_i386.deb) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script:
Permission denied
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.12-10-386_2.6.12-10.24_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new post-removal script: Permission
denied
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Preparing to replace linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.12.4-11 (using
.../linux-restricted-modules-common_2.6.12.4-11.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-restricted-modules-common ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old post-removal script: Permission
denied
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new post-removal script: Permission
denied
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-restricted-modules-common_2.6.12.4-11.1_all.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new post-removal script: Permission
denied
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/language-selector_0.1.1_all.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.12-10-386_2.6.12-10.24_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-restricted-modules-common_2.6.12.4-11.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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