Increase the maxHttpBufferSize (#6409)

Author: heldersepu

.github/workflows/frontend-admin-tests.yml

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         run: "sed -i 's/\"enableAdminUITests\": false/\"enableAdminUITests\": true,\\n\"users\":{\"admin\":{\"password\":\"changeme1\",\"is_admin\":true}}/' settings.json"
       -
         name: increase maxHttpBufferSize
-        run: "sed -i 's/\"maxHttpBufferSize\": 10000/\"maxHttpBufferSize\": 10000000/' settings.json"
+        run: "sed -i 's/\"maxHttpBufferSize\": 50000/\"maxHttpBufferSize\": 10000000/' settings.json"
       -
         name: Disable import/export rate limiting
         run: |

doc/docker.adoc

@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ For the editor container, you can also make it full width by adding `full-width-
 
 | `SOCKETIO_MAX_HTTP_BUFFER_SIZE`
 | The maximum size (in bytes) of a single message accepted via Socket.IO. If a client sends a larger message, its connection gets closed to prevent DoS (memory exhaustion) attacks.
-| `10000`
+| `50000`
 
 | `LOAD_TEST`
 | Allow Load Testing tools to hit the Etherpad Instance. WARNING: this will disable security on the instance.

doc/docker.md

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ For the editor container, you can also make it full width by adding `full-width-
 | `FOCUS_LINE_PERCENTAGE_ARROW_UP`  | Percentage of viewport height to be additionally scrolled when user presses arrow up in the line of the top of the viewport. Set to 0 to let the scroll to be handled as default by Etherpad           | `0`                   |
 | `FOCUS_LINE_DURATION`             | Time (in milliseconds) used to animate the scroll transition. Set to 0 to disable animation                                                                                                            | `0`                   |
 | `FOCUS_LINE_CARET_SCROLL`         | Flag to control if it should scroll when user places the caret in the last line of the viewport                                                                                                        | `false`               |
-| `SOCKETIO_MAX_HTTP_BUFFER_SIZE`   | The maximum size (in bytes) of a single message accepted via Socket.IO. If a client sends a larger message, its connection gets closed to prevent DoS (memory exhaustion) attacks.                     | `10000`               |
+| `SOCKETIO_MAX_HTTP_BUFFER_SIZE`   | The maximum size (in bytes) of a single message accepted via Socket.IO. If a client sends a larger message, its connection gets closed to prevent DoS (memory exhaustion) attacks.                     | `50000`               |
 | `LOAD_TEST`                       | Allow Load Testing tools to hit the Etherpad Instance. WARNING: this will disable security on the instance.                                                                                            | `false`               |
 | `DUMP_ON_UNCLEAN_EXIT`            | Enable dumping objects preventing a clean exit of Node.js. WARNING: this has a significant performance impact.                                                                                         | `false`               |
 | `EXPOSE_VERSION`                  | Expose Etherpad version in the web interface and in the Server http header. Do not enable on production machines.                                                                                      | `false`               |

settings.json.docker

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
      * value to work properly, but increasing the value increases susceptibility
      * to denial of service attacks (malicious clients can exhaust memory).
      */
-    "maxHttpBufferSize": "${SOCKETIO_MAX_HTTP_BUFFER_SIZE:10000}"
+    "maxHttpBufferSize": "${SOCKETIO_MAX_HTTP_BUFFER_SIZE:50000}"
   },
 
   /*

settings.json.template

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
      * value to work properly, but increasing the value increases susceptibility
      * to denial of service attacks (malicious clients can exhaust memory).
      */
-    "maxHttpBufferSize": 10000
+    "maxHttpBufferSize": 50000
   },
 
   /*

src/node/utils/Settings.ts

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ exports.socketIo = {
      * properly, but increasing the value increases susceptibility to denial of service attacks
      * (malicious clients can exhaust memory).
      */
-    maxHttpBufferSize: 10000,
+    maxHttpBufferSize: 50000,
 };