ISC Handler Rob let us know that @hdmoore Tweeted out: "Upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04? Hold down enter to bypass the lockscreen (what is old is new again): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1308572 â?¦" The reporter indicates that he was running Ubuntu 14.04 with all the packages updated. The initial report states that the "bug is about the lockscreen being bypassed when Unity crashes/restarts, which is a critcal security issue. The crash will be handled from bug 1308750." To reproduce:
1) Open the lockscreen (Super+L) 2) Hold Enter down .... wait ..... *Crash* Expected: *No crash* Stacktrace: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7263684/ From the bug tracker, the fix has been committed and released. Be cognitive of this issue should you leave an Ubuntu 14.04 host unattended. :-) |
Russ McRee 203 Posts ISC Handler Apr 28th 2014 |
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Apr 28th 2014 8 years ago |
Odd... Unless "some" seconds is defined as triple digits or more, I get "Invalid password, please try again" displayed. No crash, no strace, just the message.
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Ken 40 Posts |
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Apr 28th 2014 8 years ago |
Bad design. The lockscreen process ought to be monitored in the background by something that will force logout; if the lockscreen or monitor process is killed, crashes, or exits in an unexpected manner.
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Mysid 146 Posts |
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Apr 28th 2014 8 years ago |
"From the bug tracker, the fix has been committed and released. Be cognitive of this issue should you leave an Ubuntu 14.04 host unattended.
![]() Shouldn't the recommendation be patch? It's easy enough |
amilroy 9 Posts |
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Apr 29th 2014 8 years ago |
I was not able to recreate this problem on my computer running Ubuntu 14.04. According to the bug tracker link quoted in this diary post this bug was fixed on 4/17/2014 "in a heroic effort over night *before* final release, the fix is on the 14.04 image that was released to end users."
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amilroy 1 Posts |
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Apr 29th 2014 8 years ago |
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