Add in limit on all JSON parsing

services/real-time/app/coffee/DocumentUpdaterController.coffee

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
 settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
 redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
 rclient = redis.createClient(settings.redis.web)
+SafeJsonParse = require "./SafeJsonParse"
 
 MESSAGE_SIZE_LOG_LIMIT = 1024 * 1024 # 1Mb
 
@@ -15,9 +16,10 @@ module.exports = DocumentUpdaterController =
 			DocumentUpdaterController._processMessageFromDocumentUpdater(io, channel, message)
 		
 	_processMessageFromDocumentUpdater: (io, channel, message) ->
-		if message.length > MESSAGE_SIZE_LOG_LIMIT
-			logger.log {length: message.length, head: message.slice(0,200)}, "large message from doc updater"
-		message = JSON.parse message
+		SafeJsonParse.parse message, (error, message) ->
+			if error?
+				logger.error {err: error, channel}, "error parsing JSON"
+				return
 			if message.op?
 				DocumentUpdaterController._applyUpdateFromDocumentUpdater(io, message.doc_id, message.op)
 			else if message.error?

services/real-time/app/coffee/SafeJsonParse.coffee

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
+logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
+
+module.exports =
+	parse: (data, callback = (error, parsed) ->) ->
+		if data.length > (Settings.max_doc_length or 2 * 1024 * 1024)
+			logger.error {head: data.slice(0,1024)}, "data too large to parse"
+			return callback new Error("data too large to parse")
+		try
+			parsed = JSON.parse(data)
+		catch e
+			return callback e
+		callback null, parsed

services/real-time/app/coffee/WebsocketLoadBalancer.coffee

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
 logger = require 'logger-sharelatex'
 redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+SafeJsonParse = require "./SafeJsonParse"
 rclientPub = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 rclientSub = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ module.exports = WebsocketLoadBalancer =
 			WebsocketLoadBalancer._processEditorEvent io, channel, message
 
 	_processEditorEvent: (io, channel, message) ->
-		message = JSON.parse(message)
+		SafeJsonParse.parse message, (error, message) ->
+			if error?
+				logger.error {err: error, channel}, "error parsing JSON"
+				return
 			if message.room_id == "all"
 				io.sockets.emit(message.message, message.payload...)
 			else if message.room_id?

services/real-time/config/settings.defaults.coffee

@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ module.exports =
 		sessionSecret: "secret-please-change"
 		
 	cookieName:"sharelatex.sid"
+	
+	max_doc_length: 2 * 1024 * 1024 # 2mb

services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/DocumentUpdaterControllerTests.coffee

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ describe "DocumentUpdaterController", ->
 			"redis-sharelatex" : 
 				createClient: ()=> 
 					@rclient = {auth:->}
+			"./SafeJsonParse": @SafeJsonParse =
+				parse: (data, cb) => cb null, JSON.parse(data)
 
 	describe "listenForUpdatesFromDocumentUpdater", ->
 		beforeEach ->
@@ -31,6 +33,14 @@ describe "DocumentUpdaterController", ->
 			@rclient.on.calledWith("message").should.equal true
 
 	describe "_processMessageFromDocumentUpdater", ->
+		describe "with bad JSON", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@SafeJsonParse.parse = sinon.stub().callsArgWith 1, new Error("oops")
+				@EditorUpdatesController._processMessageFromDocumentUpdater @io, "applied-ops", "blah"
+			
+			it "should log an error", ->
+				@logger.error.called.should.equal true
+
 		describe "with update", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@message =

services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/SafeJsonParseTest.coffee

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require('chai').should()
+expect = require("chai").expect
+SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module')
+modulePath = '../../../app/js/SafeJsonParse'
+sinon = require("sinon")
+
+describe 'SafeJsonParse', ->
+	beforeEach ->
+		@SafeJsonParse = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
+			"settings-sharelatex": @Settings = {
+				max_doc_length: 16 * 1024
+			}
+			"logger-sharelatex": @logger = {error: sinon.stub()}
+
+	describe "parse", ->
+		it "should parse documents correctly", (done) ->
+			@SafeJsonParse.parse '{"foo": "bar"}', (error, parsed) ->
+				expect(parsed).to.deep.equal {foo: "bar"}
+				done()
+		
+		it "should return an error on bad data", (done) ->
+			@SafeJsonParse.parse 'blah', (error, parsed) ->
+				expect(error).to.exist
+				done()
+		
+		it "should return an error on oversized data", (done) ->
+			# we have a 2k overhead on top of max size
+			big_blob = Array(16*1024).join("A")
+			data = "{\"foo\": \"#{big_blob}\"}"
+			@Settings.max_doc_length = 2 * 1024
+			@SafeJsonParse.parse data, (error, parsed) =>
+				@logger.error.called.should.equal true
+				expect(error).to.exist
+				done()

services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/WebsocketLoadBalancerTests.coffee

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ describe "WebsocketLoadBalancer", ->
 			"redis-sharelatex": 
 				createClient: () ->
 					auth:->
-			"logger-sharelatex": { log: sinon.stub(), err: sinon.stub() }
+			"logger-sharelatex": @logger = { log: sinon.stub(), error: sinon.stub() }
+			"./SafeJsonParse": @SafeJsonParse =
+				parse: (data, cb) => cb null, JSON.parse(data)
 		@io = {}
 		@WebsocketLoadBalancer.rclientPub = publish: sinon.stub()
 		@WebsocketLoadBalancer.rclientSub =
@@ -59,6 +61,14 @@ describe "WebsocketLoadBalancer", ->
 				.should.equal true
 
 	describe "_processEditorEvent", ->
+		describe "with bad JSON", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@SafeJsonParse.parse = sinon.stub().callsArgWith 1, new Error("oops")
+				@WebsocketLoadBalancer._processEditorEvent(@io, "editor-events", "blah")
+			
+			it "should log an error", ->
+				@logger.error.called.should.equal true
+
 		describe "with a designated room", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@io.sockets =