F7 T2 Security Leak?
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Tue Mar 6 14:23:47 UTC 2007
Michaël Vanderheeren wrote:
> I think there's a security leak in F7. I found out the next thing:
>
> Look at this situation:
>
> There are 2 accounts on a computer, call them A and B. Each account has
> it's own different password.
>
> Person A starts up the computer and logs in. But at a certain point
> person B wants to use his account for 5 minutes. So he uses the Fast
> User Switch. As this happens person A's account stays active. But…
> person B can switch back to person A's account without entering a
> password! So if person A is gone for a while, person B can steal his
> documents, delete files, …
Like you were already told in fedora-devel list, if the screen saver
doesnt lock the screen automatically on a fast user switch, you would
need to file a bug report in http://bugzilla.redhat.com against the fast
user switch applet.
Rahul
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