Bug 762787: Reduce CGI_URI_LIMIT from 8000 to 2083 (IE only)

r=glob, a=LpSolit

diff --git a/Bugzilla/Constants.pm b/Bugzilla/Constants.pm
index b096cc3bbfafa5f9ce283e833abb5fb0219752ed..59e67faa5417ebda074b189e177cdb48c20bddc9 100644 (file)
--- a/Bugzilla/Constants.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Constants.pm
@@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ use constant PASSWORD_SALT_LENGTH => 8;
 # Certain scripts redirect to GET even if the form was submitted originally
 # via POST such as buglist.cgi. This value determines whether the redirect
 # can be safely done or not based on the web server's URI length setting.
-use constant CGI_URI_LIMIT => 8000;
+# See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208427 for why MSIE is different
+use constant CGI_URI_LIMIT => $ENV{'HTTP_USER_AGENT'} =~ /MSIE/ ? 2083 : 8000;
 
 # If the user isn't allowed to change a field, we must tell him who can.
 # We store the required permission set into the $PrivilegesRequired