Bug 783382 - Screen locking vulnerable
Summary: Screen locking vulnerable
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 783039
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-server
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
urgent
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Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-01-20 08:18 UTC by Sandro Mathys
Modified: 2012-01-20 09:54 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-01-20 09:36:52 UTC
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Description Sandro Mathys 2012-01-20 08:18:50 UTC 
Just thought you guys should know in case you missed it:
In a locked screen (X Screen Saver or other), you can simply press ctrl-alt-multiply (i.e. ctrl-alt-*) to kill the lock.

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200
Comment 1 Dave Airlie 2012-01-20 09:36:52 UTC 
no we totally missed it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 783039 ***
Comment 2 Sandro Mathys 2012-01-20 09:54:49 UTC 
Good to know you appreciate it, keeps my motivation up to inform people of possible security issues.
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