Mastodon vulnerable to Denial of Service from a single post (client/server)
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Mastodon versions before v4.3.18, v4.4.12, and v4.5.5 do not have a limit on the maximum number of poll options for remote posts, allowing attackers to create polls with a very large amount of options, greatly increasing resource consumption. Depending on the number of poll options, an attacker can cause disproportionate resource usage in both Mastodon servers and clients, potentially causing Denial of Service either server-side or client-side. Mastodon versions v4.5.5, v4.4.12, v4.3.18 are patched.
Affected products
- ==>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.12
- ==< 4.3.18
- ==>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.5
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.
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nixos-25.05 1.13.8-20220129172727
- nixos-25.05-small 1.13.8-20220129172727
- nixpkgs-25.05-darwin 1.13.8-20220129172727
pkgs.bitlbee-mastodon
Bitlbee plugin for Mastodon
pkgs.mastodon-archive
Utility for backing up your Mastodon content
pkgs.nodePackages.mastodon-bot
Bot to publish twitter, tumblr or rss posts to an mastodon account.
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nixos-25.05 1.13.8-20220129172727
- nixos-25.05-small 1.13.8-20220129172727
- nixpkgs-25.05-darwin 1.13.8-20220129172727
pkgs.python312Packages.mastodon-py
Python wrapper for the Mastodon API
pkgs.python313Packages.mastodon-py
Python wrapper for the Mastodon API
pkgs.nodePackages_latest.mastodon-bot
Bot to publish twitter, tumblr or rss posts to an mastodon account.
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nixos-25.05 1.13.8-20220129172727
- nixos-25.05-small 1.13.8-20220129172727
- nixpkgs-25.05-darwin 1.13.8-20220129172727
pkgs.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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@fabaff Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
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@mweinelt Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
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@dotlambda Robert Schütz <rschuetz17@gmail.com>
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@happy-river Happy River <happyriver93@runbox.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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@ghuntley Geoffrey Huntley <ghuntley@ghuntley.com>
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@ju1m Julien Moutinho <julm+nixpkgs@sourcephile.fr>