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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE Request -- gnome-desktop3: Switching users
From:       Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat ! com>
Date:       2011-04-20 20:45:52
Message-ID: 1254955020.94867.1303332352648.JavaMail.root () zmail01 ! collab ! prod ! int ! phx2 ! redhat ! com
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Please use CVE-2011-1596

Thanks.

-- 
    JB


----- Original Message -----
> 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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