Yes, in fact we can say with some confidence that the issue was probably
fixed in a later Gnome version since no one else is reporting the issue
in 18.04/18.10.
If only we knew what fixed it and where then we would be able to
backport that fix :/
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1805715
Title:
password exposed in application windows
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Plain text Linux user id password exposed in calculator input box.
The first character of the password is dropped.
This is reproducible as follows:
0. the calculator window has the desktop focus and the input box is empty.
1. allow screen saver to kick in or invoke it manually with ctrl+alt+l
2. type in password
3. hit enter
4. view password in input box of calculator (less first character)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-calculator 1:3.18.3-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-39.42~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 28 16:37:44 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-calculator
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-14 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20180731)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-calculator
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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