[Bug 402339] New: Screensaver password gets pasted into IM window
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402339 Summary: Screensaver password gets pasted into IM window Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: i386 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Security AssignedTo: security-team@suse.de ReportedBy: rhowell@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- This has happened twice now. When I come back to my computer and enter in my password, the screensaver unlocks (as it should) but my password gets pasted into my active Pidgin conversation. Steps to reproduce: - open up a IM conversation in Pidgin 2.4.1 - let computer go to screensaver - type in password to unlock screensaver Expected results: - screen should unlock and no other app should be able to retrieve the password Actual results: - my password gets pasted in the active IM window (in clear text, of course). How often does this happen? sometimes. I have been able to repro at will. But it's happened twice it two days. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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