[Bug 1037653] Re: Ubuntu should implement the secure attention key

2012-08-20 Thread Jamie Strandboge
Lack of SAK isn't a security issue in itself since the account or software that is able to write to the user's files must somehow be compromised. SAK is a hardening mechanism that can be employed to increase the security of a machine. Unfortunately, as implemented it is not something that we can en

[Bug 1037653] Re: Ubuntu should implement the secure attention key

2012-08-18 Thread xor
Can you please explain why this is not a security issue? It is very easy to exploit, it doesn't need complex exploit technology like buffer overflows. Just very simple terminal UI programming. And please change back the summary to what it originally was. This bug is about the fact that Ubuntu shou

[Bug 1037653] Re: Ubuntu should implement the secure attention key

2012-08-17 Thread Jamie Strandboge
Thank you for using Ubuntu and reporting a bug. This is actual on the security team's roadmap: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap. ** Summary changed: - "sudo" and "logout" is broken by design and its usage should be discouraged + Ubuntu should implement the secure attention key ** Vis