FS#50820 - [chromium] does not work with U2F unless libu2f-host is installed

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jamie McClymont (JJJollyjim) - Sunday, 18 September 2016, 11:31 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 17:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Websites that use U2F (eg. Google, Github, ...) fail with an unclear error message when the user attempts to authenticate with U2F, if libu2f-host is not installed.

Therefore I think libu2f-host should be added as (at least) an optional dependency for chromium.

Additional info:
* Tested with Chromium 53.0.2785.101 and with/without libu2f-host 1.1.2-1.


Steps to reproduce:

Without libu2f-host installed, browse to https://demo.yubico.com/u2f in Chromium and enter a garbage username/password, or otherwise attempt to log into a U2F-secured account.

It will not work (the exact symptoms vary; for example Google states "An unexpected error has occurred").

Install libu2f-host, restart the browser, and attempt authentication again. You will be able to authenticate with the site.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 17:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 19 September 2016, 13:17 GMT
Seems to work fine for me without libu2f-host installed.
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Friday, 23 September 2016, 16:15 GMT
Ping? Are you sure you're running chromium from the Extra repo?

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