Is it a security breach?

[Tiago Cogumbreiro]

You guys found it out, by checking synaptics logs I can see that it
updated xscreensaver. I will file an enhancement bug then.

The installed packages follow:

irssi-text (0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu3) to 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4
libc6 (2.3.5-1ubuntu11) to 2.3.5-1ubuntu12
libc6-dev (2.3.5-1ubuntu11) to 2.3.5-1ubuntu12
libc6-i686 (2.3.5-1ubuntu11) to 2.3.5-1ubuntu12
libfaad2-0 (2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu1) to
2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu2
libgconf2.0-cil (2.3.91-0ubuntu4) to 2.3.92-0ubuntu1
libglade2.0-cil (2.3.91-0ubuntu4) to 2.3.92-0ubuntu1
libglib2.0-cil (2.3.91-0ubuntu4) to 2.3.92-0ubuntu1
libgnome2.0-cil (2.3.91-0ubuntu4) to 2.3.92-0ubuntu1
libgtk2.0-cil (2.3.91-0ubuntu4) to 2.3.92-0ubuntu1
libpoppler0c2 (0.4.2-0ubuntu5) to 0.4.2-0ubuntu6
libpoppler0c2-glib (0.4.2-0ubuntu5) to 0.4.2-0ubuntu6
locales (2.3.5-1ubuntu11) to 2.3.5-1ubuntu12
update-notifier (0.40.12) to 0.40.13
xscreensaver (4.21-4ubuntu15) to 4.21-4ubuntu16
xscreensaver-data (4.21-4ubuntu15) to 4.21-4ubuntu16
xscreensaver-gl (4.21-4ubuntu15) to 4.21-4ubuntu16

On 10/10/05, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:06:05PM +0000, Tiago Cogumbreiro wrote:
> >Hello list,
> >
> >Something just happened and made me feel really insecure.
> >
> >I locked the screen while updating my computer with the update applet,
> >when the update finished the screen was no longer locked. Is this
> >possible? Maybe I am mistaken and this did not happen - that's why I'm
> >not going to open a bug report on this.
> >
> >However if some of you could try this same procedure and check if it
> >really does happen, it would mean that it is a major security breach.
>
> Out of curiosity, what was updated? Was the screensaver updated?
>
> /M
>
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Tiago Cogumbreiro <cogumbreiro at users.sf.net>

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