Comment 0 for bug 1370017

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Margarita Manterola (marga-9) wrote :

Hi,

Steps to reproduce:
1 - Have at least one process that takes a long time to shutdown
2 - Lock the screen
3 - From the lockscreen, tell the computer to shut down

Expected behavior:
* Session programs are closed while the screen is still locked
* During shutdown, no user interaction is possible

Observed behavior:
* The lockscreen is gone immediately, allowing access to session programs that are still running
* This continues until the shutdown of other processes is done.

Observed on an updated Trusty machine, running unity version 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1

I consider this bug a security vulnerability because depending on the time it takes to shut down the machine, it might allow access and interaction with sensitive information.