I have the same outcome, but I don't know if it's the same cause.
Anyway, I found aptitude segfaults, when the active uid cannot read some
file.
Reproduce:
$ whoami
gert
$ su -c 'touch /etc/apt/preferences.d/test'
$ aptitude search nouveau
(works fine)
$ su -c 'chmod -r /etc/apt/preferences.d/test'
$ aptitude search nouveau
Segmentation fault
Maybe you have the same problem?
But I use stable, not testing.
Regards, Gert
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