[Bug 71996] Re: pasting certain strings to nano buffer causes high cpu utilization (DoS)

[Seth Arnold]

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Title:
  pasting certain strings to nano buffer causes high cpu utilization
  (DoS)

Status in nano package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: nano

  Copy and paste the contents of the attached file into a nano buffer and watch CPU usage.  It should stop inserting around the last line, which is very long and contains ampersands...
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  Kristian Hermansen

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