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[Brandon Schaefer <1308572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  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

** Changed in: unity
     Assignee: Brandon Schaefer (brandontschaefer) => (unassigned)

** Changed in: unity
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Brandon Schaefer (brandontschaefer) => Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)

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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:
  In Progress

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

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