Limit the size of issuable description and comments

Limiting the size of issuable description and comments to 1_000_000,
which is close to ~1MB of ASCII characters, which represents 99.9% of
all descriptions and comments we have in DB at the moment. This should
help prevent DoS attacks when comments contain refference strings.

Also this change updates regexp matching the namespaces paths by
limiting the namespaces paths to Namespace::NUMBER_OF_ANCESTORS_ALLOWED,
as we allow 20 levels deep groups.

see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/61974#note_191274234

app/models/concerns/issuable.rb

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ module Issuable
 
     validates :author, presence: true
     validates :title, presence: true, length: { maximum: 255 }
+    validates :description, length: { maximum: Gitlab::Database::MAX_TEXT_SIZE_LIMIT }, allow_blank: true
     validate :milestone_is_valid
 
     scope :authored, ->(user) { where(author_id: user) }

app/models/note.rb

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class Note < ApplicationRecord
   delegate :title, to: :noteable, allow_nil: true
 
   validates :note, presence: true
+  validates :note, length: { maximum: Gitlab::Database::MAX_TEXT_SIZE_LIMIT }
   validates :project, presence: true, if: :for_project_noteable?
 
   # Attachments are deprecated and are handled by Markdown uploader

changelogs/unreleased/security-61974-limit-issue-comment-size-2.yml

+---
+title: Speed up regexp in namespace format by failing fast after reaching maximum namespace depth
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: security

changelogs/unreleased/security-61974-limit-issue-comment-size.yml

+---
+title: Limit the size of issuable description and comments
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: security

doc/api/epics.md

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ POST /groups/:id/epics
 | `id`                | integer/string   | yes        | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user                |
 | `title`             | string           | yes        | The title of the epic |
 | `labels`            | string           | no         | The comma separated list of labels |
-| `description`       | string           | no         | The description of the epic  |
+| `description`       | string           | no         | The description of the epic. Limited to 1 000 000 characters.  |
 | `start_date_is_fixed` | boolean        | no         | Whether start date should be sourced from `start_date_fixed` or from milestones (since 11.3) |
 | `start_date_fixed`  | string           | no         | The fixed start date of an epic (since 11.3) |
 | `due_date_is_fixed` | boolean          | no         | Whether due date should be sourced from `due_date_fixed` or from milestones (since 11.3) |
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ PUT /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid
 | `id`                | integer/string   | yes        | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user                |
 | `epic_iid`          | integer/string   | yes        | The internal ID  of the epic  |
 | `title`             | string           | no         | The title of an epic |
-| `description`       | string           | no         | The description of an epic  |
+| `description`       | string           | no         | The description of an epic. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. |
 | `labels`            | string           | no         | The comma separated list of labels |
 | `start_date_is_fixed` | boolean        | no         | Whether start date should be sourced from `start_date_fixed` or from milestones (since 11.3) |
 | `start_date_fixed`  | string           | no         | The fixed start date of an epic (since 11.3) |

doc/api/issues.md

@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ POST /projects/:id/issues
 | `id`                                      | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
 | `iid`                                     | integer/string | no       | The internal ID of the project's issue (requires admin or project owner rights) |
 | `title`                                   | string         | yes      | The title of an issue |
-| `description`                             | string         | no       | The description of an issue  |
+| `description`                             | string         | no       | The description of an issue. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. |
 | `confidential`                            | boolean        | no       | Set an issue to be confidential. Default is `false`.  |
 | `assignee_ids`                            | integer array  | no       | The ID of a user to assign issue |
 | `milestone_id`                            | integer        | no       | The global ID of a milestone to assign issue  |
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
 | `id`           | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
 | `issue_iid`    | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue                                                                       |
 | `title`        | string  | no       | The title of an issue                                                                                      |
-| `description`  | string  | no       | The description of an issue                                                                                |
+| `description`  | string  | no       | The description of an issue. Limited to 1 000 000 characters.        |
 | `confidential` | boolean | no       | Updates an issue to be confidential                                                                        |
 | `assignee_ids` | integer array | no | The ID of the user(s) to assign the issue to. Set to `0` or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees. |
 | `milestone_id` | integer | no       | The global ID of a milestone to assign the issue to. Set to `0` or provide an empty value to unassign a milestone.|

doc/api/merge_requests.md

@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ POST /projects/:id/merge_requests
 | `title`                    | string  | yes      | Title of MR                                                                     |
 | `assignee_id`              | integer | no       | Assignee user ID                                                                |
 | `assignee_ids`             | integer array | no | The ID of the user(s) to assign the MR to. Set to `0` or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees.  |
-| `description`              | string  | no       | Description of MR                                                               |
+| `description`              | string  | no       | Description of MR. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. |
 | `target_project_id`        | integer | no       | The target project (numeric id)                                                 |
 | `labels`                   | string  | no       | Labels for MR as a comma-separated list                                         |
 | `milestone_id`             | integer | no       | The global ID of a milestone                                                           |
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid
 | `assignee_ids`             | integer array | no | The ID of the user(s) to assign the MR to. Set to `0` or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees.  |
 | `milestone_id`             | integer | no       | The global ID of a milestone to assign the merge request to. Set to `0` or provide an empty value to unassign a milestone.|
 | `labels`                   | string  | no       | Comma-separated label names for a merge request. Set to an empty string to unassign all labels.                    |
-| `description`              | string  | no       | Description of MR                                                               |
+| `description`              | string  | no       | Description of MR. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. |
 | `state_event`              | string  | no       | New state (close/reopen)                                                        |
 | `remove_source_branch`     | boolean | no       | Flag indicating if a merge request should remove the source branch when merging |
 | `squash`                   | boolean | no       | Squash commits into a single commit when merging |

doc/api/notes.md

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Parameters:
 
 - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding)
 - `issue_iid` (required) - The IID of an issue
-- `body` (required) - The content of a note
+- `body` (required) - The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. 
 - `created_at` (optional) - Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, e.g. 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z (requires admin or project/group owner rights)
 
 ```bash
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding)
 - `issue_iid` (required) - The IID of an issue
 - `note_id` (required) - The ID of a note
-- `body` (required) - The content of a note
+- `body` (required) - The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. 
 
 ```bash
 curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/11/notes?body=note
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Parameters:
 
 - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding)
 - `snippet_id` (required) - The ID of a snippet
-- `body` (required) - The content of a note
+- `body` (required) - The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. 
 - `created_at` (optional) - Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, e.g. 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z
 
 ```bash
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding)
 - `snippet_id` (required) - The ID of a snippet
 - `note_id` (required) - The ID of a note
-- `body` (required) - The content of a note
+- `body` (required) - The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. 
 
 ```bash
 curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/snippets/11/notes?body=note
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Parameters:
 
 - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding)
 - `merge_request_iid` (required) - The IID of a merge request
-- `body` (required) - The content of a note
+- `body` (required) - The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. 
 - `created_at` (optional) - Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, e.g. 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z
 
 ### Modify existing merge request note
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding)
 - `merge_request_iid` (required) - The IID of a merge request
 - `note_id` (required) - The ID of a note
-- `body` (required) - The content of a note
+- `body` (required) - The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. 
 
 ```bash
 curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/11/notes?body=note
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Parameters:
 | --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
 | `id`      | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
 | `epic_id` | integer | yes  | The ID of an epic |
-| `body`    | string  | yes  | The content of a note |
+| `body`    | string  | yes  | The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. |
 
 ```bash
 curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/snippet/11/notes?body=note
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ Parameters:
 | `id`      | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
 | `epic_id` | integer | yes  | The ID of an epic |
 | `note_id` | integer | yes  | The ID of a note |
-| `body`    | string  | yes  | The content of a note |
+| `body`    | string  | yes  | The content of a note. Limited to 1 000 000 characters. |
 
 ```bash
 curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/snippet/11/notes?body=note

lib/gitlab/database.rb

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module Gitlab
     # FIXME: this should just be the max value of timestampz
     MAX_TIMESTAMP_VALUE = Time.at((1 << 31) - 1).freeze
 
+    # The maximum number of characters for text fields, to avoid DoS attacks via parsing huge text fields
+    # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/61974
+    MAX_TEXT_SIZE_LIMIT = 1_000_000
+
     # Minimum schema version from which migrations are supported
     # Migrations before this version may have been removed
     MIN_SCHEMA_VERSION = 20190506135400

lib/gitlab/path_regex.rb

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module Gitlab
     NO_SUFFIX_REGEX = /(?<!\.git|\.atom)/.freeze
     NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX = /(?:#{NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX_JS})#{NO_SUFFIX_REGEX}/.freeze
     PROJECT_PATH_FORMAT_REGEX = /(?:#{PATH_REGEX_STR})#{NO_SUFFIX_REGEX}/.freeze
-    FULL_NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX = %r{(#{NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX}/)*#{NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX}}.freeze
+    FULL_NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX = %r{(#{NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX}/){,#{Namespace::NUMBER_OF_ANCESTORS_ALLOWED}}#{NAMESPACE_FORMAT_REGEX}}.freeze
 
     def root_namespace_route_regex
       @root_namespace_route_regex ||= begin

spec/lib/banzai/filter/project_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -26,11 +26,19 @@ describe Banzai::Filter::ProjectReferenceFilter do
     expect(reference_filter(act).to_html).to eq(CGI.escapeHTML(exp))
   end
 
-  it 'fails fast for long invalid string' do
+  context 'when invalid reference strings are very long' do
+    shared_examples_for 'fails fast' do |ref_string|
+      it 'fails fast for long strings' do
+        # took well under 1 second in CI https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/merge_requests/3267#note_172824
         expect do
-      Timeout.timeout(5.seconds) { reference_filter("A" * 50000).to_html }
+          Timeout.timeout(3.seconds) { reference_filter(ref_string).to_html }
         end.not_to raise_error
       end
+    end
+
+    it_behaves_like 'fails fast', 'A' * 50000
+    it_behaves_like 'fails fast', '/a' * 50000
+  end
 
   it 'allows references with text after the > character' do
     doc = reference_filter("Hey #{reference}foo")

spec/models/concerns/issuable_spec.rb

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ describe Issuable do
       it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:author) }
       it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:title) }
       it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:title).is_at_most(255) }
+      it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:description).is_at_most(1_000_000) }
     end
 
     describe 'milestone' do
@@ -795,4 +796,29 @@ describe Issuable do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#matches_cross_reference_regex?' do
+    context "issue description with long path string" do
+      let(:mentionable) { build(:issue, description: "/a" * 50000) }
+
+      it_behaves_like 'matches_cross_reference_regex? fails fast'
+    end
+
+    context "note with long path string" do
+      let(:mentionable) { build(:note, note: "/a" * 50000) }
+
+      it_behaves_like 'matches_cross_reference_regex? fails fast'
+    end
+
+    context "note with long path string" do
+      let(:project) { create(:project, :public, :repository) }
+      let(:mentionable) { project.commit }
+
+      before do
+        expect(mentionable.raw).to receive(:message).and_return("/a" * 50000)
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'matches_cross_reference_regex? fails fast'
+    end
+  end
 end

spec/models/note_spec.rb

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ describe Note do
   end
 
   describe 'validation' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:note).is_at_most(1_000_000) }
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:note) }
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:project) }
 

spec/support/shared_examples/models/concern/issuable_shared_examples.rb

+shared_examples_for 'matches_cross_reference_regex? fails fast' do
+  it 'fails fast for long strings' do
+    # took well under 1 second in CI https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/merge_requests/3267#note_172823
+    expect do
+      Timeout.timeout(3.seconds) { mentionable.matches_cross_reference_regex? }
+    end.not_to raise_error
+  end
+end