Bug#707158: iceweasel: Absurd maximum window size causes issues with some window managers

[GSR]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 17.0.5esr-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch

Hi:

Iceweasel/Firefox has a serious issue related to asking for an
absurdly big maximum image window. xprop reports 1073741824 by
1073741824 when X server seems to handle up to 32768 and other apps
also assume this 16 bit limit.

This means some window managers, like Sawfish, are unable to handle FF
windows correctly, making it unusable. There is a report upstream
which explains it and has a patch to limit the values to a more normal
range. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=813997

Please, consider adding the patch to Debian packaging, as it seems it
will not go into ESR, but Debian will use ESR for time to come.

Thanks a lot.

-- Addons package information
ii  iceweasel      17.0.5esr-1  amd64        Web browser based on Firefox

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.7-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils         4.3.4
ii  fontconfig          2.9.0-7.1
ii  libc6               2.17-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.24.10-2
ii  libnspr4            2:4.9.6-1
ii  libnspr4-0d         2:4.9.6-1
ii  libsqlite3-0        3.7.16.2-1
ii  libstdc++6          4.8.0-5
ii  procps              1:3.3.6-1
ii  xulrunner-17.0      17.0.5esr-1

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
pn  fonts-stix | otf-stix  <none>
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.10.1+dfsg-5
pn  mozplugger             <none>

Versions of packages xulrunner-17.0 depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.25-4
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.4.0-2
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.6-4
ii  libc6                     2.17-1
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.14-2
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.6.8-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.100.2-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.19-stable-3
ii  libfontconfig1            2.9.0-7.1
ii  libfreetype6              2.4.9-1.1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.8.0-5
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.10-2
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.2-4
ii  libjpeg8                  8d-1
ii  libmozjs17d               17.0.5esr-1
ii  libnspr4                  2:4.9.6-1
ii  libnss3                   2:3.14.3-1
ii  libnss3-1d                2:3.14.3-1
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.30.0-1
ii  libpixman-1-0             0.26.0-4
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.7.16.2-1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-1
ii  libstdc++6                4.8.0-5
ii  libvpx1                   1.1.0-1
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.5.0-1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.1-2
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.7-1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.3-1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages xulrunner-17.0 suggests:
pn  libcanberra0  <none>
pn  libgnomeui-0  <none>

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