discover did not ask for a password on an update

Bug #1853545 reported by Mark Tutone
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plasma-discover (Ubuntu)
Expired
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Bug Description

It happened again.
I went to do an update and update Freedesktop platform 19.08.4 downloaded and installed without asking for a password.
This time I am going to send a screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: discover (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-70.79-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-70-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Nov 21 19:44:52 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-23 (728 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: discover
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-28 (572 days ago)

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Mark Tutone (marktutone) wrote :
information type: Private Security → Public Security
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Eduardo Barretto (ebarretto) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Since the package referred to in this bug is in universe or multiverse, it is community maintained. If you are able, I suggest coordinating with upstream and posting a debdiff for this issue. When a debdiff is available, members of the security team will review it and publish the package. See the following link for more information: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures

tags: added: community-security
Paul White (paulw2u)
affects: discover (Ubuntu) → plasma-discover (Ubuntu)
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Scarlett Gately Moore (scarlettmoore) wrote :

This bug is very old, if this is still an issue please update bug with info on a supported release.

Changed in plasma-discover (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for plasma-discover (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in plasma-discover (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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