[Bug 1352565] [NEW] apt-get crashes when an empty string is fed as the package name

[LexLythius]

Public bug reported:

This is an error report for package apt
(http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/apt), but i just can't select it from
the package filter as it yields "too many matches" for that name.

If you do

apt-get install/remove/whatever ""

you get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range'
  what():  basic_string::compare

and the program crashes instead of pointing out my stupidity.

This happens in Ubuntu 14.04 but I think it also affects other versions.

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apt crash emptystring

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Title:
  apt-get crashes when an empty string is fed as the package name

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is an error report for package apt
  (http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/apt), but i just can't select it
  from the package filter as it yields "too many matches" for that name.

  If you do

  apt-get install/remove/whatever ""

  you get:

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range'
    what():  basic_string::compare

  and the program crashes instead of pointing out my stupidity.

  This happens in Ubuntu 14.04 but I think it also affects other
  versions.

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