On 01/19/2012 10:32 AM, Tim Bruce - PLUG wrote: > On Thu, January 19, 2012 09:06, Daniel Hedlund wrote: >> Came across the a link on Hacker News a few minutes ago that talks about a >> bug in Xorg that allows anyone to bypass a locked screen using >> <CTRL>+<ALT>+*. Most people are apparently vulnerable: >> http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200 >> >> Using<SHIFT>+8 to access * doesn't work, but using numlock or a keypad >> does. >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Interestingly enough - I just tried this and it didn't work. I'm running > Ubuntu 11.10 and use a "blank screen" for the screen saver. Maybe that's > the difference (rather than running an actual screen saver). > > Tim I'm unable to replicate this on Ubuntu 11.04 through 12.04 :)
-- Benjamin Kerensa Team Lead, Ubuntu Oregon http://www.ubuntu-oregon.org _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
