Red Hat contributed a fix upstream to fix this, and that patch is in man-db 2.6.1, which is in precise. Here's the ChangeLog entry:
Sun Oct 9 00:24:22 BST 2011 Peter Schiffer <[email protected]> * src/filenames.c (filename_info): Zero-initialise the contents of info to avoid a double-free in store_descriptions (Fedora bug #702904). * src/tests/mandb-6: New file. * src/tests/Makefile.am (ALL_TESTS): Add mandb-6. * NEWS: Document this. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #702904 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702904 ** Also affects: man-db (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702904 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917969 Title: mandb crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/917969/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
