Bug#580629: gdm3 - allows unauthenticated users to change power configuration

Josselin Mouette joss at debian.org
Fri May 7 19:18:48 UTC 2010


Le vendredi 07 mai 2010 à 12:08 +0200, Bastian Blank a écrit : 
> Package: gdm3
> Version: 2.30.2-1
> Severity: important
> 
> gdm3 allows unauthenticated users to change the power configuration,
> including automatic suspend.
> 
> This is a DoS on any non-singleuser machine.

What do you mean by “unauthenticated users”? Do you mean it is possible
to change that configuration from the login screen?

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