diff -u libgksu-2.0.13~pre1/debian/changelog libgksu-2.0.13~pre1/debian/changelog
--- libgksu-2.0.13~pre1/debian/changelog
+++ libgksu-2.0.13~pre1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+libgksu (2.0.13~pre1-3ubuntu4~tetet2) natty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/29_check_newline.patch: 
+    - Check if buffer is really a single newline before
+      discarding it. (LP: #298217)
+
+ -- Torsten Spindler (Canonical) <torsten@canonical.com>  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:55:28 +0200
+
 libgksu (2.0.13~pre1-3ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low
 
   * Resolve unresolved symbols in shared libraries.
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- libgksu-2.0.13~pre1.orig/debian/patches/29_check_newline.patch
+++ libgksu-2.0.13~pre1/debian/patches/29_check_newline.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## Description: Checks if buffer contains only newline before discarding it
+## Origin/Author: Torsten Spindler (Canonical)
+## Bug: http://pad.lv/298217
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' libgksu-2.0.13~pre1//libgksu/libgksu.c libgksu-2.0.13~pre1.new//libgksu/libgksu.c
+--- libgksu-2.0.13~pre1//libgksu/libgksu.c	2011-09-13 09:43:51.723178003 +0200
++++ libgksu-2.0.13~pre1.new//libgksu/libgksu.c	2011-09-13 09:46:16.603182354 +0200
+@@ -2980,16 +2980,22 @@
+ 	  /* ignore the first newline that comes right after sudo receives
+ 	     the password */
+ 	  fgets (buffer, 255, fdfile);
+-	  /* this is the status we are interested in */
+-	  fgets (buffer, 255, fdfile);
++          if (!strcmp (buffer, "\n")) 
++            {
++	      /* this is the status we are interested in */
++	      fgets (buffer, 255, fdfile);
++            }
+ #else
+           fcntl(parent_pipe[0], F_SETFL, fcntl(parent_pipe[0], F_GETFL) & ~O_NONBLOCK);
+ 
+ 	  /* ignore the first newline that comes right after sudo receives
+ 	     the password */
+ 	  fgets (buffer, 255, infile);
+-	  /* this is the status we are interested in */
+-	  fgets (buffer, 255, infile);
++          if (!strcmp (buffer, "\n")) 
++            {
++	      /* this is the status we are interested in */
++	      fgets (buffer, 255, infile);
++            }
+ #endif
+ 	}
+       else