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CVE Request -- gnome-desktop3: Switching users dialog does not lock the screen for the original user account
From: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov () redhat com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:39:45 +0200
Hello Josh, Steve, vendors, it has been reported that using of Gnome upon using of "Switch user" dialog, log in into a new user account (user2), logout of new user account (user2) the desktop is returned to the original user account (for user1) without prompting for a password. A locally proximate attacker could use this flaw to access resources, which should be otherwise protected by authentication. Original report: [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697199 Upstream bug report: [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648234 Could you allocate a CVE id for this? Thanks && Regards, Jan. -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team
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