[kde 3.5.6] kdesu prints password characters typed with dead keys to console

[jcfp]

Binary package hint: kdebase-bin

When running kdesu from konsole, it prints characters in clear text if they are entered with help of dead keys (like " + a = ä, or " + SPACEBAR = "):

$ kdesu kate
sending IMStart with 0 chars to 0x8178010
sending IMEnd with 1 chars to 0x8178010, text=ä
sending IMStart with 0 chars to 0x8178010
sending IMEnd with 1 chars to 0x8178010, text="

Thus revealing (parts of) the password. Nothing is printed with 'normal' characters.

edgy with kde 3.5.6 from kubuntu.org

[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

This bug and bug 82275 are probably related.

[jcfp (jcfp)]

Still exists in kubuntu feisty w/ kde 3.5.6

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

In fact are apart of the same issue, so making this report a duplicate of the #82275 due to it having an upstream report.