*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported:
When switching from user A to user B, and back to user A, I have to enter user A's password. This unlocks the screensaver/login window just fine, but it also enters user A's password in plain text into the window that had focus when the switch from user A to user B was made. For example, when I open a console, switch from A to B and from B to A, and enter the password, the password is also entered into the console window, together with the ENTER keystroke, thereby attempting to execute my password as a command. Obviously this is a huge security issue. Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 ** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1154008 Title: Password visible after user switch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1154008/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs