[Bug 205037] Re: policykit or policykit-gnome do not work with passwords containing "%" character

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** Changed in: policykit
   Importance: Unknown => Critical

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Title:
  policykit or policykit-gnome do not work with passwords containing "%"
  character

Status in PolicyKit:
  Fix Released
Status in “policykit” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “policykit” package in PLD Linux:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If you have a "%" character in your password you cannot unlock any
  application

  /var/log/auth.log shows:

  Mar 22 01:33:30 lorbas-laptop polkit-grant-helper-pam[7252]: pam_unix(polkit:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty= ruser=lorbas rhost=  user=lorbas
  Mar 22 01:33:39 lorbas-laptop polkit-grant-helper-pam[7260]: pam_unix(polkit:auth): conversation failed
  Mar 22 01:33:39 lorbas-laptop polkit-grant-helper-pam[7260]: pam_unix(polkit:auth): auth could not identify password for [lorbas]

  
  I check "security vulnerability" because I think that the % character might trigger an evaluation of %s, like in sprintf for example