[Bug 837507] [NEW] Software Centre expands its window to 19122x951 when 65536-character string is pasted into search box

[Paul Sladen]

Public bug reported:

  1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it.
  2. Eventually
  3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected.

xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e00089 "Ubuntu Software Centre"

  Absolute upper-left X:  373
  Absolute upper-left Y:  189
  Relative upper-left X:  1
  Relative upper-left Y:  29
  Width: 19122
  Height: 951
  Depth: 24
  Visual: 0x21
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +373+189  --18095+189  --18095--90  +373--90
  -geometry 19122x951+372--91

String used (happened to be in clipboard) should be attached, as it
doesn't fit here when trying to file the bug report on Launchpad, but
given the suspicous length of 65536 bytes, it's likely that any string
will do.

Ideally, Software Centre should not resize its window in response to
unrelated input.

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: sladen-11.10-upgrade

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Title:
  Software Centre expands its window to 19122x951 when 65536-character
  string is pasted into search box

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
    1. Paste a long string into the Software Centre search box, and keep pasting it.
    2. Eventually
    3. SC window resizes to 19122x951, with various bits of the window no longer drawing as expected.

  xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e00089 "Ubuntu Software Centre"

    Absolute upper-left X:  373
    Absolute upper-left Y:  189
    Relative upper-left X:  1
    Relative upper-left Y:  29
    Width: 19122
    Height: 951
    Depth: 24
    Visual: 0x21
    Visual Class: TrueColor
    Border width: 0
    Class: InputOutput
    Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
    Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
    Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
    Backing Store State: NotUseful
    Save Under State: no
    Map State: IsViewable
    Override Redirect State: no
    Corners:  +373+189  --18095+189  --18095--90  +373--90
    -geometry 19122x951+372--91

  String used (happened to be in clipboard) should be attached, as it
  doesn't fit here when trying to file the bug report on Launchpad, but
  given the suspicous length of 65536 bytes, it's likely that any string
  will do.

  Ideally, Software Centre should not resize its window in response to
  unrelated input.

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