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.
** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040644 Title: software-center crashed with DatabaseOpeningError in __init__(): Couldn't detect type of database Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Crashes upon launch after selecting ".APT for Ubuntu 10+" from the Adobe install flash player web page(get.adobe.com/flashplayer/). ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: software-center 5.3.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Aug 23 07:21:12 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120822) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with DatabaseOpeningError in __init__(): Couldn't detect type of database UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1040644/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
