gaskpass does not grab focus
Bug #276530 reported by
Trochee
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gstm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Ryan Niebur |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gstm
gaskpass does not grab focus. This behavior contrasts with the behavior of gnome-ssh-askpass and ssh-x11-askpass, both of which *do* grab focus.
This is a potential security risk because other applications could eavesdrop on keyboard input and steal or accidentally disseminate the passphrase (e.g. "oops, I just twittered my passphrase!")
Related branches
Changed in gstm: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in gstm: | |
importance: | Low → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gstm: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
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I do not currently have a window manager that will let me try to reproduce this bug, but once I can I will fix it.
It's not really a "security" risk, though. If a user is not paying enough attention to notice they are twittering their passphrase, then that's their own fault. Nevertheless, this is still probably an annoyance and should be fixed.
Thanks for the bug report,
Ryan