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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