X2Go Bug report logs - #287
Linux Mint desktops configured too insecurely for multi-user mode

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Package: x2goserver; Maintainer for x2goserver is X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org>; Source for x2goserver is src:x2goserver.

Reported by: David Fuhrmann <fuhrmann_mail@web.de>

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 05:48:02 UTC

Severity: critical

Tags: confirmed, moreinfo, wontfix

Found in version 4.0.1.6

Done: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Fred Her.  <x2go@edhil.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:47:40 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <loom.20130816T163241-4@post.gmane.org>


which I just forwarded to the bugtracker (seems it went to the list, but 
not the bugtracker).

Looks like the root cause for the problem has been found and it is 
indeed a Linux Mint configuration stupidity.

-Stefan

Am 17.08.2013 17:28, schrieb Mike Gabriel:
> Hi David,
>
> On Sa 17 Aug 2013 09:03:21 CEST David Fuhrmann wrote:
>
>> Any news regarding this bug?
>
> I have set up a test VM for this issue today and I can absolute 
> confirm what you report.
>
> I will investigate on that further today/tomorrow, and I am quite sure 
> of being able to exploit this without X2Go as well.
>
> My guess is a mis-configuration in Linux mint around the local X-Server.
>
> Mike
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