This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1 --------------- unity (7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low
[ Andrea Azzarone ] * Do not allow to activate twice the same entry! (LP: #1308572) [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ] * UnityScreen: save a locked.stamp file when locking/unlocking, to relock on startup This makes unity to relocks if it was locked before crashing... (LP: #1308572) -- Ubuntu daily release <ps-jenk...@lists.canonical.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:41:19 +0000 ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308572 Title: Ubuntu 14.04: security problem in the lock screen Status in Unity: In Progress Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: affects ubuntu Hello, I am running Ubuntu 14.04 with all the packages updated. When the screen is locked with password, if I hold ENTER after some seconds the screen freezes and the lock screen crashes. After that I have the computer fully unlocked. -- Marco Agnese This bug is about the lockscreen being bypassed when unity crashes/restarts, which is a critcal security issue. The crash will be handled from bug 1308750 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1308572/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp