Guard against outdated Updates

It is possible for an earlier Update to be received by us later.
For this, we now
(1) only allows Updates to poll counts if there is no updated field,
    or the updated field is the same as the last updated date or
    creation date;
(2) does not allow updating anything if the updated field
    is older than the last updated date or creation date;
(3) allows updating updatable fields otherwise (normal updates);
(4) if only the updated field is changed, it does not create
    a new history item on its own.

lib/pleroma/object/updater.ex

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.Updater do
     |> Enum.reduce(
       %{data: orig_object_data, updated: false},
       fn field, %{data: data, updated: updated} ->
-        updated = updated or Map.get(updated_object, field) != Map.get(orig_object_data, field)
+        updated =
+          updated or
+            (field != "updated" and
+               Map.get(updated_object, field) != Map.get(orig_object_data, field))
 
         data =
           if Map.has_key?(updated_object, field) do
@@ -136,21 +139,57 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.Updater do
   # This calculates the data of the new Object from an Update.
   # new_data's formerRepresentations is considered.
   def make_new_object_data_from_update_object(original_data, new_data) do
-    %{data: updated_data, updated: updated} =
+    update_is_reasonable =
-      original_data
+      with {_, updated} when not is_nil(updated) <- {:cur_updated, new_data["updated"]},
-      |> update_content_fields(new_data)
+           {_, {:ok, updated_time, _}} <- {:cur_updated, DateTime.from_iso8601(updated)},
+           {_, last_updated} when not is_nil(last_updated) <-
+             {:last_updated, original_data["updated"] || original_data["published"]},
+           {_, {:ok, last_updated_time, _}} <-
+             {:last_updated, DateTime.from_iso8601(last_updated)},
+           :gt <- DateTime.compare(updated_time, last_updated_time) do
+        :update_everything
+      else
+        # only allow poll updates
+        {:cur_updated, _} -> :no_content_update
+        :eq -> :no_content_update
+        # allow all updates
+        {:last_updated, _} -> :update_everything
+        # allow no updates
+        _ -> false
+      end
 
-    %{updated_object: updated_data, used_history_in_new_object?: used_history_in_new_object?} =
+    %{
-      updated_data
+      updated_object: updated_data,
-      |> maybe_update_history(original_data,
+      used_history_in_new_object?: used_history_in_new_object?,
-        updated: updated,
+      updated: updated
-        use_history_in_new_object?: true,
+    } =
-        new_data: new_data
+      if update_is_reasonable == :update_everything do
-      )
+        %{data: updated_data, updated: updated} =
+          original_data
+          |> update_content_fields(new_data)
+
+        updated_data
+        |> maybe_update_history(original_data,
+          updated: updated,
+          use_history_in_new_object?: true,
+          new_data: new_data
+        )
+        |> Map.put(:updated, updated)
+      else
+        %{
+          updated_object: original_data,
+          used_history_in_new_object?: false,
+          updated: false
+        }
+      end
 
     updated_data =
-      updated_data
+      if update_is_reasonable != false do
-      |> maybe_update_poll(new_data)
+        updated_data
+        |> maybe_update_poll(new_data)
+      else
+        updated_data
+      end
 
     %{
       updated_data: updated_data,

test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects_test.exs

@@ -142,14 +142,19 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
 
   describe "update notes" do
     setup do
+      make_time = fn ->
+        Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.make_date()
+      end
+
       user = insert(:user)
-      note = insert(:note, user: user)
+      note = insert(:note, user: user, data: %{"published" => make_time.()})
       _note_activity = insert(:note_activity, note: note)
 
       updated_note =
         note.data
         |> Map.put("summary", "edited summary")
         |> Map.put("content", "edited content")
+        |> Map.put("updated", make_time.())
 
       {:ok, update_data, []} = Builder.update(user, updated_note)
       {:ok, update, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(update_data, local: true)
@@ -170,8 +175,69 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
       updated_note: updated_note
     } do
       {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+      updated_time = updated_note["updated"]
+
       new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
-      assert %{"summary" => "edited summary", "content" => "edited content"} = new_note.data
+
+      assert %{
+               "summary" => "edited summary",
+               "content" => "edited content",
+               "updated" => ^updated_time
+             } = new_note.data
+    end
+
+    test "it rejects updates with no updated attribute in object", %{
+      object_id: object_id,
+      update: update,
+      updated_note: updated_note
+    } do
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      updated_note = Map.drop(updated_note, ["updated"])
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+      new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      assert old_note.data == new_note.data
+    end
+
+    test "it rejects updates with updated attribute older than what we have in the original object",
+         %{
+           object_id: object_id,
+           update: update,
+           updated_note: updated_note
+         } do
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      {:ok, creation_time, _} = DateTime.from_iso8601(old_note.data["published"])
+
+      updated_note =
+        Map.put(updated_note, "updated", DateTime.to_iso8601(DateTime.add(creation_time, -10)))
+
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+      new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      assert old_note.data == new_note.data
+    end
+
+    test "it rejects updates with updated attribute older than the last Update", %{
+      object_id: object_id,
+      update: update,
+      updated_note: updated_note
+    } do
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      {:ok, creation_time, _} = DateTime.from_iso8601(old_note.data["published"])
+
+      updated_note =
+        Map.put(updated_note, "updated", DateTime.to_iso8601(DateTime.add(creation_time, +10)))
+
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      {:ok, update_time, _} = DateTime.from_iso8601(old_note.data["updated"])
+
+      updated_note =
+        Map.put(updated_note, "updated", DateTime.to_iso8601(DateTime.add(update_time, -5)))
+
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+
+      new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      assert old_note.data == new_note.data
     end
 
     test "it updates using object_data", %{
@@ -215,6 +281,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
         note.data
         |> Map.put("summary", "edited summary 2")
         |> Map.put("content", "edited content 2")
+        |> Map.put(
+          "updated",
+          first_edit["updated"]
+          |> DateTime.from_iso8601()
+          |> elem(1)
+          |> DateTime.add(10)
+          |> DateTime.to_iso8601()
+        )
 
       {:ok, second_update_data, []} = Builder.update(user, second_updated_note)
       {:ok, update, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(second_update_data, local: true)
@@ -238,7 +312,18 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
       updated_note: updated_note
     } do
       {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
-      %{data: _first_edit} = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      %{data: first_edit} = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+
+      updated_note =
+        updated_note
+        |> Map.put(
+          "updated",
+          first_edit["updated"]
+          |> DateTime.from_iso8601()
+          |> elem(1)
+          |> DateTime.add(10)
+          |> DateTime.to_iso8601()
+        )
 
       {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
       %{data: new_note} = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
@@ -270,7 +355,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
         data["oneOf"]
         |> Enum.map(fn choice -> put_in(choice, ["replies", "totalItems"], 5) end)
 
-      updated_question = data |> Map.put("oneOf", new_choices)
+      updated_question =
+        data
+        |> Map.put("oneOf", new_choices)
+        |> Map.put("updated", Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.make_date())
 
       {:ok, update_data, []} = Builder.update(user, updated_question)
       {:ok, update, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(update_data, local: true)

test/pleroma/web/common_api_test.exs

@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPITest do
       clear_config([:instance, :federating], true)
 
       with_mock Pleroma.Web.Federator,
-        publish: fn p -> nil end do
+        publish: fn _p -> nil end do
         {:ok, updated} = CommonAPI.update(user, activity, %{status: "updated 2 :#{emoji2}:"})
 
         assert updated.data["object"]["content"] == "updated 2 :#{emoji2}:"