[0.10.0] Fix unauthorized message deletion #3894
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This patch fixes a bug where an authenticated source A could delete the replies send to source B if they could guess the filename. Since we don't throttle source interactions, and since the wordlists are public, an attack could attempt to enumerate them. (cherry picked from commit fc9db84)
(cherry picked from commit 4f713f0)
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verified these commits are the same as in companion PR #3893
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Description of Changes
(This is a companion to #3893 that targets the release branch instead of develop)
Fixes #3892
Fixes a bug where a source X could delete a reply from a journalist to source Y by guessing the ID.
Testing
See original ticket for the full description of the bug and manual steps to reproduce. There is a regression test for this so
make testwill cover this issue.Deployment
This will not affect deployment.
Checklist
If you made changes to the server application code:
make ci-lint) and tests (make -C securedrop test) pass in the development container