Reference fetch can saturate the server bandwidth for 10 seconds
Medium
Vulnerability Details
## Summary:
When posting a message on talk, a reference is fetched for any link in the message
There is a hardcoded mandatory 10sec timeout. But the ressource is still fetched for those entire 10 seconds.
For high-bandwidth servers, this can result in disk space being temporarily filled and saturate the server bandwidth.
Tested on my 2.5gbps network, I was easily able to find 10GB ressources online that have higher network speed and fully saturate the netwrok for a few seconds and a few messages.
## Steps To Reproduce:
1. Open a talk room
1. Post multiple messages containing a link to a high availability ressource like https://speed.hetzner.de/10GB.bin
## Impact
Can severly impact server performances and/or lead to a denial of service
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- Report ID: 1806223
- State: Closed
- Substate: resolved
- Upvotes: 4