[Bug 783594] Re: extremely long URL causes apturl to DoS window manager

[zana dell]

I am new to Ubuntu.  How does this bug affect my computer?  How do I get
rid of it.

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Title:
  extremely long URL causes apturl to DoS window manager

Status in “apturl” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “apturl” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in “apturl” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released
Status in “apturl” source package in Natty:
  Fix Released
Status in “apturl” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apturl

  Visiting a web page with a extremely long (10k character) apt URL
  causes apturl to try and display the whole thing in a message dialog,
  which causes the window manager to crash when drawing the titlebar.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: apturl 0.4.2ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon May 16 13:48:29 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apturl
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)