Dead email accounts cause launchpad to mailbomb and crush subscriber inboxes
Bug #114384 reported by
Sitsofe Wheeler
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Björn Tillenius |
Bug Description
Description of the problem:
Bug #74252 seems to have a subscriber whose email address no longer exists on it and mail sent to that address bounces back causing a staggering number of comments to be added to that bug report and completely crushes one's email inbox.
To rub salt into the wound, Bug #74252 was been marked a duplicate of the most duped launchpad bug (Bug #72018 ) which has a very large number of (perhaps now angry) subscribers who are all likely to have been hit by this.
Changed in malone: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in malone: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in malone: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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I guess at a bare minimum launchpad should have some rate control on the number of comments that can be received consecutively by email to a single bug report in a one hour period. The potential for abuse is also there because you could sign up someone else's account then set this problem off...