exposed passwords in Fedora 2 !!!!!

I'm not sure if this is an XScreenSaver, Gnome, or Rdesktopt problem or
what but I'm running a fully patched version of Fedora 2.

If I make an desktop connection to a Windows XP box fire up Word and any
document, then lock the Fedora Gnome desktop, type my password into the
XscreenSaver dialog window to unlock Gnome my password shows up in plain
text within Word in the rdesktop connection!!!! I dont even know how to
go about diagnosing this problem!

This is the Fedora app versions but its all out of the box stuff.

rdesktop-1.3.1-3
xscreensaver-4.14-5
kernel-2.6.6-1.435

Here is the Windows Stuff:

Windows XP SP 1 with all patches
MS Word (XP) 2002 SP3

BrianD wrote:

>
> I'm not sure if this is an XScreenSaver, Gnome, or Rdesktopt problem or
> what but I'm running a fully patched version of Fedora 2.
>
> If I make an desktop connection to a Windows XP box fire up Word and any
> document, then lock the Fedora Gnome desktop, type my password into the
> XscreenSaver dialog window to unlock Gnome my password shows up in plain
> text within Word in the rdesktop connection!!!! I dont even know how to
> go about diagnosing this problem!
>
> This is the Fedora app versions but its all out of the box stuff.
>
> rdesktop-1.3.1-3
> xscreensaver-4.14-5
> kernel-2.6.6-1.435
>
> Here is the Windows Stuff:
>
> Windows XP SP 1 with all patches
> MS Word (XP) 2002 SP3

It sounds to me like a transparancy bug in rdesktop, don't invoke the
screensaver while using rdesktop connection. Possible that a upgrade of
rdesktop is needed.
Micke

On 2004-08-03, BrianD <briand@spamicide.cemml.colostate.edu> wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is an XScreenSaver, Gnome, or Rdesktopt problem or
> what but I'm running a fully patched version of Fedora 2.
>
> If I make an desktop connection to a Windows XP box fire up Word and any
> document, then lock the Fedora Gnome desktop, type my password into the
> XscreenSaver dialog window to unlock Gnome my password shows up in plain
> text within Word in the rdesktop connection!!!! I dont even know how to
> go about diagnosing this problem!
>
> This is the Fedora app versions but its all out of the box stuff.
>
> rdesktop-1.3.1-3
> xscreensaver-4.14-5
> kernel-2.6.6-1.435
>
> Here is the Windows Stuff:
>
> Windows XP SP 1 with all patches
> MS Word (XP) 2002 SP3

If this doesn't happen locally (i.e. it only happens when accessing though
rdesktop), it is most likely an rdesktop issue, not a Fedora issue.

Unfortunately, I have no means of verifying this as I have no rdesktop
connections with which to try.

--

-John (john@os2.dhs.org)

BrianD wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if this is an XScreenSaver, Gnome, or Rdesktopt problem or
> what but I'm running a fully patched version of Fedora 2.
>
> If I make an desktop connection to a Windows XP box fire up Word and any
> document, then lock the Fedora Gnome desktop, type my password into the
> XscreenSaver dialog window to unlock Gnome my password shows up in plain
> text within Word in the rdesktop connection!!!! I dont even know how to
> go about diagnosing this problem!
>
> This is the Fedora app versions but its all out of the box stuff.
>
> rdesktop-1.3.1-3
> xscreensaver-4.14-5
> kernel-2.6.6-1.435
>
> Here is the Windows Stuff:
>
> Windows XP SP 1 with all patches
> MS Word (XP) 2002 SP3


Independent confirmation!!!

This was reported to sourceforge(dot)net two days ago by someone else.