gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock: Dock accessible from lock screen

[Paul Tansom]

The dock sometimes appears on the lock screen, and it is possible to start a program from the lock screen without logging in when this happens, although it is not possible to interact with it once it has started.

I haven't reported it as a security vulnerability because it would take an exception set of circumstances for that to be the case, but there is the potential for a security issue when you can start a program without logging in.

In the attached photo the icons are ghosted as well. I haven't actually seen this behaviour since the photo was taken, so I assume a subsequent update has fixed whatever was causing that.

Clearly I have used a photo because you can't take a screen grab, although I am curious as to whether it would be possible to have a screen grab app on the dock and use that to capture directly from the screen!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct 18 18:12:23 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-01 (442 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-09-29 (19 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Fix proposed upstream: https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/pull/868

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

There is a confusion between those two packages, gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock and gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock. We follow the ubuntu one.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock and gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock are two different packages. The -ubuntu-dock one is the one installed by default and the bug has already been fixed there. The fix has not yet been released in gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock.