Mitigate target_height attack

src/appcontext.cpp

@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ void AppContext::onWSNodes(const QJsonArray &nodes) {
 
         auto node = new FeatherNode(
                 obj.value("address").toString(),
-                (unsigned int)obj.value("height").toInt(),
+                 obj.value("height").toInt(),
+                 obj.value("target_height").toInt(),
                 obj.value("online").toBool());
         QSharedPointer<FeatherNode> r = QSharedPointer<FeatherNode>(node);
         l.append(r);

src/model/NodeModel.cpp

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ QVariant NodeModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int rol
 FeatherNode NodeModel::node(int row) {
     if (row < 0 || row >= m_nodes.size()) {
         qCritical("%s: no reddit post for index %d", __FUNCTION__, row);
-        return FeatherNode("", 0, false);
+        return FeatherNode();
     }
     return m_nodes.at(row);
 }

src/utils/nodes.cpp

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Nodes::Nodes(AppContext *ctx, QNetworkAccessManager *networkAccessManager, QObje
         QObject(parent),
         m_ctx(ctx),
         m_networkAccessManager(networkAccessManager),
-        m_connection(FeatherNode("", 0, false)),
+        m_connection(FeatherNode()),
         modelWebsocket(new NodeModel(NodeSource::websocket, this)),
         modelCustom(new NodeModel(NodeSource::custom, this)) {
     this->loadConfig();
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void Nodes::loadConfig() {
     // load custom nodes
     auto nodes = obj.value("custom").toArray();
     foreach (const QJsonValue &value, nodes) {
-        auto customNode = FeatherNode(value.toString(), 0, false);
+        auto customNode = FeatherNode(value.toString());
         customNode.custom = true;
 
         if(m_connection == customNode) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void Nodes::loadConfig() {
     // load cached websocket nodes
     auto ws = obj.value("ws").toArray();
     foreach (const QJsonValue &value, ws) {
-        auto wsNode = FeatherNode(value.toString(), 0, false);
+        auto wsNode = FeatherNode(value.toString());
         wsNode.custom = false;
         wsNode.online = true;  // assume online
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void Nodes::onConnectionTimer() {
 
 FeatherNode Nodes::pickEligibleNode() {
     // Pick a node at random to connect to
-    FeatherNode rtn("", 0, false);
+    auto rtn = FeatherNode();
     NodeSource nodeSource = this->source();
     auto wsMode = nodeSource == NodeSource::websocket;
     auto nodes = wsMode ? m_websocketNodes : m_customNodes;
@@ -268,12 +268,19 @@ FeatherNode Nodes::pickEligibleNode() {
             continue;
         m_connectionAttempts.append(node.full);
 
-        if (wsMode && !node.online)
+        if (wsMode) {
-            continue;
+            // Ignore offline nodes
+            if (!node.online)
+                continue;
 
-        // Ignore nodes that are more than 25 blocks behind mode
+            // Ignore nodes that are more than 25 blocks behind mode
-        if (wsMode && node.height < (mode_height - 25))
+            if (node.height < (mode_height - 25))
-            continue;
+                continue;
+
+            // Ignore nodes that say they aren't synchronized
+            if (node.target_height > node.height)
+                continue;
+        }
 
         return node;
     }

src/utils/nodes.h

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ enum NodeSource {
 };
 
 struct FeatherNode {
-    FeatherNode(QString _address, unsigned int height, bool online) : height(height), online(online){
+    explicit FeatherNode(QString _address = "", int height = 0, int target_height = 0, bool online = false)
+            : height(height), target_height(target_height), online(online){
         // wonky ipv4/host parsing, should be fine(tm)(c).
         if(_address.isEmpty()) return;
         if(_address.contains("https://")) {
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ struct FeatherNode {
 
     QString address;
     QString full;
-    unsigned int height;
+    int height;
+    int target_height;
     bool online = false;
     QString username;
     QString password;

src/widgets/nodewidget.cpp

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void NodeWidget::onCustomAddClicked(){
         if(newNodeText.isEmpty())
             continue;
 
-        auto node = FeatherNode(newNodeText, 0, false);
+        auto node = FeatherNode(newNodeText);
         node.custom = true;
         nodesList.append(node);
     }

src/wizard/network.cpp

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ bool NetworkPage::validatePage() {
         auto nodeText = ui->lineEdit_customNode->text().trimmed();
         if(!nodeText.isEmpty()) {
             auto customNodes = m_ctx->nodes->customNodes();
-            auto node = FeatherNode(nodeText, 0, false);
+            auto node = FeatherNode(nodeText);
             customNodes.append(node);
             m_ctx->setCustomNodes(customNodes);
         }