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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 49579 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49579

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 49579
   screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open

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Title:
  The screensaver does not activate -- and thereby the screen lock does
  not activate -- if the Sound Menu is open

Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This was tested with the mouse hovering over the play/pause button with music playing and with it paused. This bug is easily reproducible.
  1) Open Banshee
  2) Play some music
  3) Pause it (or don't)
  4) Hover the mouse over the play/pause button in the sound menu

  Screen Lock will not activate, allowing anyone to read information off
  your screen and to perform input for 1 to 3 seconds (on my powerful
  machine, perhaps longer on slower machines) allowing for breaches of
  security, not to mention image burn in if somebody in a developing
  country uses a CRT.

  This bug is probably reproducible under a variety of circumstances
  involving menus, but this is how i discovered it. This is a rather
  serious security flaw.

  Tested with Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit on an Intel i5-2500K, 8GB RAM, 120GB
  SSD, and 1080p monitor via HDMI. These are all variables that could
  theoretically impact the viability of this security flaw. Perhaps VGA
  connections are handled differently and would allow screen lock,
  perhaps a slower computer would grant a larger window of opportunity,
  maybe this is a 64 bit only bug, etc.

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