[arch-general] security problem in X with screen saver

[Magnus Therning]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 08:58, Divan Santana <divan at s-tainment.co.za> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As per http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0NTA
>
> There is a quite a serious security problem.
>
> Is there a patch coming out soon?
> Does anyone yet know a workaround to this in the meanwhile?
> Can it be announced?

Have you verified that your system?

On my system none of the keys mentioned in that article have the
reported results; they all jumps out to virtual terminals.  I have not
made any changes to the stock Arch config that would affect those
keys.

/M

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