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Bug 425273 - Incorrect password managment
Incorrect password managment
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 155560
Product: vino
Classification: Applications
Component: Server
unspecified
Other other
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Vino Maintainer(s)
Vino Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-04-01 21:12 UTC by Hrapciuc Alin
Modified: 2007-04-02 06:35 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Hrapciuc Alin 2007-04-01 21:10:02 UTC 
X-Mailer: bug-buddy 2.14.0
Subject: Incorrect password handling

Distribution: Debian 4.0
Package: vino
Severity: major
Version: GNOME2.14.3 unspecified
Gnome-Distributor: Debian
Synopsis: Incorrect password managment
Bugzilla-Product: vino
Bugzilla-Component: Server
Bugzilla-Version: unspecified
Description:
Description of Problem:

Despite the fact that the passwords don't match i still login.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. use a vnc client to connect to a vino server which has the session
password set to <password>                            (replace
<password> with anything) . example the password is : letmein
2. enter <password>+(something) . example : letmein1

Actual Results:

I login despite the fact that the password was not correct

Expected Results:

I should be denied access

How often does this happen?

every time

Additional Information:




------- Bug created by bug-buddy at 2007-04-01 21:12 -------
Comment 1 Mark McLoughlin 2007-04-02 06:35:17 UTC 
The RFB protocol only cares about the first 7 characters of the password

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155560 ***