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Reference fetch can saturate the server bandwidth for 10 seconds

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Nextcloud
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SA: https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-9wmj-gp8v-477j

Reported by brthnc

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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
## 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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Resolved

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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption