Mastodon may allow unconfirmed FASP to make subscriptions
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. FASP registration requires manual approval by an administrator. In versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.13 and 4.5.0 through 4.5.6, actions performed by a FASP to subscribe to account/content lifecycle events or to backfill content did not check properly whether the FASP was actually approved. This only affects Mastodon servers that have opted in to testing the experimental FASP feature by setting the environment variable `EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES` to a value including `fasp`. An attacker can make subscriptions and request content backfill without approval by an administrator. Done once, this leads to minor information leak of URIs that are publicly available anyway. But done several times this is a serious vector for DOS, putting pressure on the sidekiq worker responsible for the `fasp` queue. The fix is included in the 4.4.14 and 4.5.7 releases. Admins that are actively testing the experimental "fasp" feature should update their systems. Servers not using the experimental feature flag `fasp` are not affected.
References
Affected products
- ==>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.14
- ==>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.7
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.mastodon
Self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging software based on ActivityPub
pkgs.mastodon-bot
Bot to publish twitter, tumblr or rss posts to an mastodon account.
pkgs.bitlbee-mastodon
Bitlbee plugin for Mastodon
pkgs.mastodon-archive
Utility for backing up your Mastodon content
pkgs.python312Packages.mastodon-py
Python wrapper for the Mastodon API
pkgs.python313Packages.mastodon-py
Python wrapper for the Mastodon API
pkgs.python314Packages.mastodon-py
Python wrapper for the Mastodon API
pkgs.home-assistant-component-tests.mastodon
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
pkgs.tests.home-assistant-component-tests.mastodon
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
Package maintainers
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@jpotier Martin Potier <jpo.contributes.to.nixos@marvid.fr>
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@dotlambda ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 <nix@dotlambda.de>
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@mweinelt Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
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@fabaff Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
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@happy-river Happy River <happyriver93@runbox.com>
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@ghuntley Geoffrey Huntley <ghuntley@ghuntley.com>
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@Izorkin Yurii Izorkin <Izorkin@gmail.com>
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@erictapen Kerstin Humm <kerstin@erictapen.name>
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@ju1m Julien Moutinho <julm@sourcephile.fr>