System proxy settings doesn't work in Firefox when URL is a numeric IP address
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Mozilla Firefox |
Fix Released
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Medium
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
When entering URLs with IP adresses in Firefox, those IP addresses are not matched correctly to the "ignore hosts" setting, when having configured Gnome proxy settings and using "Use system proxy settings" in Firefox, because the IP addresses get converted to IPv6 but not the netmask/prefix.
[Test Case]
1. Set up a fake/invalid HTTP proxy server in Network options from
"System Settings-
2. Try to go to google.com (make sure it's not https if you only set a http proxy)
3. Try to go to 173.194.36.14 (use "ping google.com" to see IP)
Actual Results:
Google.com fails (which is good); but 173.194.36.14 succeeds
Expected Results:
They should both fail with a non-working proxy server
Note:
doing this "backwards" because it's easier to reproduce on you don't have to care about having a real proxy server.
[Regression Potential]
* None that I could see.
[Other Info]
* The patch is pulled from https:/
tags: | added: precise saucy |
description: | updated |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
reproduces in
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Update: 02/10/13
Firefox: 24.0