*** 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
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