Screen locking issue
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
start Windows7 in VirtualBox
run a CPU consuming program in Windows7
wait until gnome-screensaver blanks the screen
wait a minute more
type some key
you now will get a little timeframe (up to a minute) with access to the machine without being asked for the password. after that timeframe gnome-screensaver again blanks the screen and askes for the password
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 11 12:27:22 2012
GnomeSessionIdl
GnomeSessionInh
GsettingsGnomeS
org.gnome.
org.gnome.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
Symptom: security
Title: Screen locking issue
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-07 (3 days ago)
WindowManager: No value set for `/desktop/
XorgConf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "middle button emulation class"
MatchIsPointer "on"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection
security vulnerability: | yes → no |
visibility: | private → public |
I have just managed to stop VirtualBox while gnome-screensaver was activ. Instead of stopping VirtualBox I also would have been able to format it's virtual drive. Thus I think this is a security issue ...