Ubuntu
gdm package

user security compromised when switching users

Bug #77991 reported by Czechdolph
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gdm (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

Hi,

Along similar lines to 48450 and 47005 - when I lock my session, it is possible for another users to then switch to their account, and upon logging in X appears to crash, restart, and then the default login screen reappears however with a nautilus window open showing the home directory of the previously (original) logged in user, with the ability to navigate freely within it......

I have reproduced this many times myself i.e. it was not a freak occurrence. Sometimes it coincides with Mozilla crashing out and asking to start or restore, and my system was an upgrade from Dapper not a fresh install.

Hope someone can plug this!!!

CzD

Revision history for this message
Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

Thanks for the report. When it does happen, what are the steps you take to see it happen?

Changed in gdm:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

No reply, bug closed. Feel free to reopen with the asked informations if you still get that problem

Changed in gdm:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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