** Description changed: + [Inpact] + Using 3/4-fingers gestures in touchpads when unity is locked might make the switcher or the dash to show up + + [Test case] + 1) Lock the unity screen with Super+L + 2) Use the [1] three fingers gesture to show the switcher or the four fingers tap to + show the dash + 3) Nothing should be shown. + + [Regression Potential] + There's basically no regression potential. Geistures are just disabled when the screen is locked. + + [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch#Supported_Gestures + + ----- + László Gyaraki has reported a lock screen bypass using the touchpad; his video appears to use three-finger or four-finger use of his touchpad in conjunction with some gestures to bring up windows from the locked session. His demonstration video can be found here: http://ubuntuone.com/28JQHOlYozn5SKe4jcmb3p (61 megabytes, video/3gpp). Thanks
-- 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/1321043 Title: [regression] lock screen bypass with touchpad Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in Unity 7.2 series: In Progress Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: [Inpact] Using 3/4-fingers gestures in touchpads when unity is locked might make the switcher or the dash to show up [Test case] 1) Lock the unity screen with Super+L 2) Use the [1] three fingers gesture to show the switcher or the four fingers tap to show the dash 3) Nothing should be shown. [Regression Potential] There's basically no regression potential. Geistures are just disabled when the screen is locked. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch#Supported_Gestures ----- László Gyaraki has reported a lock screen bypass using the touchpad; his video appears to use three-finger or four-finger use of his touchpad in conjunction with some gestures to bring up windows from the locked session. His demonstration video can be found here: http://ubuntuone.com/28JQHOlYozn5SKe4jcmb3p (61 megabytes, video/3gpp). Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1321043/+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
