Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: seahorse
When double-clicking on a revocation certificate of a private key (saved to
disk in case the private key is not save anymore / one forgets the key's
password), seahorse will automatically revoke that private key without first
asking: Are you sure.
I today accidentially revoked my main PGP key that way. This should not happen.
Seahorse should as first!
Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a new gpg key. (Lets say it's AABBCCDD)
2) gpg --gen-revoke AABBCCDD
3) copy the revocation certificate to a text file (revk_cert_AABBCCDD.txt) so
that it looks like:
-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: A revocation certificate should follow
foObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOo
foObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOofoObArfOo/d
=FooBa
-END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
4) Have seahorse-plugins installed
5) Accidentially double-click on revk_cert_AABBCCDD.txt
6) Your key is gone!
This should not happen. Between 5) and 6) there should be a confirmation
dialog.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 11 13:50:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse
Package: seahorse 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.43-generic
SourcePackage: seahorse
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
** Affects: seahorse (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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Unwanted private key revocation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448640
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