Report forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>: Bug#528071; Package epiphany-browser.
(Sun, 10 May 2009 16:21:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to Witold Baryluk <baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
(Sun, 10 May 2009 16:21:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: epiphany-browser: Runs google websearch on bad addresses. not configurable, possible information leakage
Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.26.1-1
Severity: important
What was my surprise when after some small typo error epiphany browser
automatically redirected me to the google websearch.
I'm using epiphany especially because i was considering it safe and simple.
This episode is changing my opinion in this matter.
If any such functionality was added, can it be disabled (with predefined error message,
as it was before), or redirect to some other webpage (%s can be urlencoded text which
was in address bar)?
I also noticed that after entering some text in address bar, beside history of my browser,
on the bottom I see "Debian Bug Tracking System " and "Przeszukiwanie sieci WWW" (in polish,
"Searching WWW Net"). "Of course" last one is google web search.
Is this hardcoded configuration? I searched for it but failed.
Regards,
Witold Baryluk
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-rc5-00000-rc5 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii epiphany-gecko 2.26.1-1 Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck
epiphany-browser recommends no packages.
epiphany-browser suggests no packages.
Versions of packages epiphany-gecko depends on:
ii dbus-x11 1.2.14-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii epiphany-browser-data 2.26.1-1 Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.24.0-4 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii iso-codes 3.9-1 ISO language, territory, currency,
ii libavahi-client3 0.6.25-1 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common3 0.6.25-1 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-gobject0 0.6.25-1 Avahi GObject library
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcanberra-gtk0 0.11-1 Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii libcanberra0 0.11-1 a simple abstract interface for pl
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.14-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libenchant1c2a 1.4.2-3.3 a wrapper library for various spel
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.0-4 GCC support library
ii libgconf2-4 2.26.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.26.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2 0.4.5-1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libnspr4-0d 4.7.4-2 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.0-3+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstdc++6 4.4.0-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.1-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxml2 2.7.3.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.24-2 XSLT processing library - runtime
ii python2.5 2.5.4-1 An interactive high-level object-o
ii xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.10-1 XUL + XPCOM application runner
ii xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 1.9.0.10-1 Support for GNOME in xulrunner app
-- no debconf information
--
Witold Baryluk
Information forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>: Bug#528071; Package epiphany-browser.
(Sun, 10 May 2009 16:33:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to Witold Baryluk <baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
(Sun, 10 May 2009 16:33:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
severity 528071 normal
stop
Ok, after some more testing I found two things:
1. In about:config i can disable keyword.enable and/or change
keyword.URL.
Still after disabling epiphany is trying to load url, in example
just appending .com to it.
2. Additional entries in addressbar are accessible using magic in
bookmarks (any entry with url containing %s is treated as additional
entry for addressbar).
Because of this, I lowering severity. Anyway still I'm thinking that
this should be easier to configure. :)
--
Witold Baryluk
Information forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>: Bug#528071; Package epiphany-browser.
(Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:48:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to 528071@bugs.debian.org:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
(Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:48:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
severity 528071 normal
stop
Le dimanche 10 mai 2009 à 18:31 +0200, Witold Baryluk a écrit :
> Ok, after some more testing I found two things:
>
> 1. In about:config i can disable keyword.enable and/or change
> keyword.URL.
>
> Still after disabling epiphany is trying to load url, in example
> just appending .com to it.
> Because of this, I lowering severity. Anyway still I'm thinking that
> this should be easier to configure. :)
I’m the first one to be annoyed by this behavior and I have disabled it
on my systems. However the bottom line is simple: disable this crap by
default, and you’ll get tons of complaints.
Cheers,
--
.''`. Josselin Mouette
: :' :
`. `' “I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in
`- future understand things” -- Jörg Schilling
Severity set to 'normal' from 'important'
Request was from Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
to control@bugs.debian.org.
(Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:48:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Information forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>: Bug#528071; Package epiphany-browser.
(Sat, 15 May 2010 09:57:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to intrigeri@boum.org:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
(Sat, 15 May 2010 09:57:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
To: control@bugs.debian.org, 528071@bugs.debian.org
Subject: affected version
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 11:53:28 +0200
found 528071 2.30.2-1
thanks
I could not find any way to customize the default search engine in 2.30.2-1.
Bye,
--
intrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>
Bug Marked as found in versions epiphany-browser/2.30.2-1.
Request was from intrigeri@boum.org
to control@bugs.debian.org.
(Sat, 15 May 2010 09:57:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Information forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>: Bug#528071; Package epiphany-browser.
(Sat, 15 May 2010 10:03:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to intrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
(Sat, 15 May 2010 10:03:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
intrigeri@boum.org wrote (15 May 2010 09:53:28 GMT) :
> I could not find any way to customize the default search engine in
> 2.30.2-1.
I was wrong: the /apps/epiphany/general/url_search GConf key allows
to customize the default search engine.
Bye,
--
intrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>
| GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc
| OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr-fingerprint.asc
| We're dreaming of something else.
| Something more clandestine, something happier.
Reply sent
to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility.
(Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:41:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Notification sent
to Witold Baryluk <baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl>:
Bug acknowledged by developer.
(Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:41:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
Bug archived.
Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org>
to internal_control@bugs.debian.org.
(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:45:26 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Debbugs is free software and licensed under the terms of the GNU General
Public License version 2. The current version can be obtained
from https://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/.