ports/118694: vty change causes xorg mousebuffer paste

J.R. Oldroyd fbsd at opal.com
Fri Dec 14 15:40:02 UTC 2007


>Number:         118694
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       vty change causes xorg mousebuffer paste
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 14 15:40:01 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     J.R. Oldroyd
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD linwhf.opal.com 7.0-BETA4 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 #3: Mon Dec 10 17:12:34 EST 2007 xx at yy:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/LINWHF i386
>Description:
When changing vtys using Ctrl-Atl-F1 then back to xorg using
Ctrl-Alt-F9, whatever text was most recently selected in the
mousebuffer is pasted back on the return to the xorg vty.

This is dangerous (and a potential security threat) as a command
could be executed when it is not expected.

System:
	FreeBSD-7.0BETA4
	xorg-7.3_1

>How-To-Repeat:
	start xorg
	open an xterm window
	use LEFT mouse button to select some text
	type Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to console vty
	type Ctrl-Alt-F9 to switch back to xorg
	observe that the previously selected text is now pasted
>Fix:
This error and a patch have been posted to the xorg bugs system.  Please
add the patch to the FreeBSD port.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13144

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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