Comment 8 for bug 2055114

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On Sun, 10 Mar 2024, Åka Sikrom wrote:

> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:30:18 -0000
> From: Åka Sikrom <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 2055114] Re: fail2ban is broken in 24.04 Noble
>
> As of this commit from 12 Dec 2023: https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/1024452fe1befeb5a0a014386a81ec183cd45bb5
> ....upstream ships its source with the missing async* libraries embedded, which solves the issue for now.
>
>
> Here is a suggested workaround for Noble until the fix hopefully finds its way into the repos.
>
> DISCLAMER: Try at your own risk. I am not an Ubuntu/Debian developer.
> Next time you receive a proper package update of fail2ban via apt, any
> of the manually-downloaded files below may cause conflicts and break
> your system.
>
> mkdir -m 0755 /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fail2ban/compat
> wget -O /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fail2ban/compat/asynchat.py https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/raw/1024452fe1befeb5a0a014386a81ec183cd45bb5/fail2ban/compat/asynchat.py
> wget -O /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fail2ban/compat/asyncore.py https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/raw/1024452fe1befeb5a0a014386a81ec183cd45bb5/fail2ban/compat/asyncore.py
> cp -p /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fail2ban/server/asyncserver.py{,.original}
> wget -O /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fail2ban/server/asyncserver.py https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/raw/1024452fe1befeb5a0a014386a81ec183cd45bb5/fail2ban/server/asyncserver.py
>
> My custom-boostrapped Noble test system is also missing the required
> 'distutils' Python module by default. The fail2ban package does not have
> 'python3-setuptools' listed under "Depends" in its control file, which
> it possibly should at this point. Official Ubuntu images may already
> have it installed via other packages, but if not, you will need to
> install it as well:
>
> apt install python3-setuptools
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2055114
>
> Title:
> fail2ban is broken in 24.04 Noble
>
> Status in fail2ban package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Was working in 22.04, but after upgrading to 24.04 I get this:
>
> × fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service
> Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2024-02-25 02:27:29 PST; 1 day 18h ago
> Duration: 2.330s
> Docs: man:fail2ban(1)
> Process: 1130 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/fail2ban (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> Process: 1133 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/fail2ban-server -xf start (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
> Main PID: 1133 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
> CPU: 660ms
>
> Feb 25 02:27:26 mx1 systemd[1]: Starting fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
> Feb 25 02:27:26 mx1 systemd[1]: Started fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service.
> Feb 25 02:27:28 mx1 fail2ban-server[1133]: 2024-02-25 02:27:28,952 fail2ban [1133]: ERROR No module named 'asynchat'
> Feb 25 02:27:29 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
> Feb 25 02:27:29 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
> grep fail2ban syslog
> 2024-02-25T02:25:17.813593-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: Stopping fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
> 2024-02-25T02:27:26.625640-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: Starting fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
> 2024-02-25T02:27:26.678572-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: Started fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service.
> 2024-02-25T02:27:28.954548-08:00 mx1 fail2ban-server[1133]: 2024-02-25 02:27:28,952 fail2ban [1133]: ERROR No module named 'asynchat'
> 2024-02-25T02:27:29.004733-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
> 2024-02-25T02:27:29.004834-08:00 mx1 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
> Seems 24.04 is missing a python 3.12 module 'asynchat'.
>
> This leaves my systems vulnerable to brute-force password guessing
> attacks.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
> Package: fail2ban 1.0.2-3
> Uname: Linux 6.7.6 x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CurrentDesktop: MATE
> Date: Mon Feb 26 20:33:12 2024
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-14 (2388 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: fail2ban
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-01-23 (35 days ago)
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