gpg password prompt showing password in clear text

[Andy Whitcroft]

Binary package hint: seahorse

When I use gpg to sign packages seahorse pops up and asks for my password. When entering the password I see the raw password instead of the normal splodges, exposing my password for all to see. Fail.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 21:09:56 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: seahorse 2.29.90-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18masterusername3005-generic
SourcePackage: seahorse
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1679): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1706): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-power-manager:1711): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
 (seahorse-preferences:2847): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

I can confirm this problem here. Seb says it's probably a seahorse-plugins bug, so reassigning.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Could be due to http://git.gnome.org/browse/seahorse-plugins/commit/?id=ed6f046ff86e34925acb8ec045b150d26137d472

[Ronny Polley (polley)]

I have the same problem since yesterday.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package seahorse-plugins - 2.29.90-0ubuntu3

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seahorse-plugins (2.29.90-0ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/90_git_dont_display_gpg_password.patch:
    - git change to fix gpg password being displayed in the text entry
      (lp: #520099)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:41:59 +0100