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You have been subscribed to a public security bug by Jamie Strandboge
(jdstrand):
Binary package hint: seahorse
I ran into a problem (already the second time) in Intrepid Ibex Beta. It
is a fresh install and I installed all upgrades. Until recently the
problem didn't occur. However, apparently since enabling installation of
"proposed updates" the problem is there again.
Using Seahorse - no matter if directly for key management or through the
Enigmail extension to Thunderbird when encrypting email - the pass-
phrase request dialogue doesn't accept any input. Whenever I want to
sign an email or encrypt it, Enigmail will ask for the pass-phrase with
a dialogue. I made sure the cursor is in the textfield and typed the
correct pass-phrase. However, there is no visual feedback in the
dialogue anymore. The Enter key is recognized, though. No matter what I
input, the pass-phrase is rejected and a new dialogue pops up stating
that the pass-phrase was incorrect. This happens another time again
until Seahorse gives up on me.
Same situation without using Thunderbird when directly opening Seahorse
and changing settings for a particular key.
I'm sure the pass-phrase is correct. I faced this problem before with an
old key. I thought that maybe I just cannot remember the password so I
revoked the key and created a new one. Also that didn't work. So I
reinstalled Ubuntu from the Intrepid Beta ISO and it worked.
Since installing updates from the "proposed" set some days ago the bug
appeared again. At least I assume that there is a connection. I made a
simple screencast to demonstrate the odd behaviour which I attached
below.
seahorse:
Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
seahorse-plugins:
Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I would appreciate any idea that could help fixing this as this renders
everything related to encryption totally useless. I'm not sure if this poses a
specific security threat but definitely has a big impact on security when you
cannot use any keys managed by Seahorse any more.
** Affects: seahorse (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[intrepid beta] seahorse passphrase dialogs don't accept input
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284044
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