XF 1.5 Spam Registrations creating Server Errors

[DaiAku]

Hi Everyone,

Getting a lot of spam registrations signing on to the website and they are generating the following 2 database errors often.

Can someone point in the proper direction to get this corrected? Thank you.

Error 1:

Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Exception: Unable to Connect to tcp://www.gravatar.com:80. Error #0: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Temporary failure in name resolution - library/Zend/Http/Client/Adapter/Socket.php:235
Generated By: Unknown Account, Today at 2:25 AM
Stack Trace
#0 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/Zend/Http/Client.php(973): Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Socket->connect('www.gravatar.co...', 80, false)
#1 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/Model/Avatar.php(457): Zend_Http_Client->request('HEAD')
#2 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Register.php(374): XenForo_Model_Avatar::gravatarExists('lizgftrnnluyb.7...')
#3 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/UserEss/ControllerPublic/Register.php(68): XenForo_ControllerPublic_Register->actionRegister()
#4 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(351): UserEss_ControllerPublic_Register->actionRegister()
#5 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(134): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#6 /home/queee/public_html/forums/index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#7 {main}
Request State
array(3) {
  ["url"] => string(52) "http://que-ee.com/forums/index.php?register/register"
  ["_GET"] => array(1) {
    ["register/register"] => string(0) ""
  }
  ["_POST"] => array(16) {
    ["username"] => string(0) ""
    ["583ec2adf7763696f16ac5b18978c9dc"] => string(12) "JserrsyBearf"
    ["7268e320e24e9f04cd5fbfb842a30f5b"] => string(28) "lizgftrnnluyb.7.89@gmail.com"
    ["b899f8d532c2b316a8511e4dc552d7f9"] => string(0) ""
    ["dob_month"] => string(1) "1"
    ["dob_day"] => string(1) "6"
    ["dob_year"] => string(4) "1984"
    ["b5bcbe401e1d5fed4d315b4c91cedfb8"] => array(1) {
      ["nmzlztkwma"] => string(0) ""
    }
    ["custom_fields_shown"] => array(1) {
      [0] => string(10) "nmzlztkwma"
    }
    ["f2cfa4821808a7fd59bd25b00c33d40f"] => string(10) "Asia/Amman"
    ["recaptcha_response_field"] => string(14) "cos deanseordy"
    ["recaptcha_challenge_field"] => string(228) "03AO6mBfzQsuCyKXRfeTsJzxRZAtuFBGxjU7GPf4qk8MnrBnd2fNtrYxWTOHzJ4jbfHNdgAXqN0LTjYr-VMtRSaIxbh8NGzZ71X2Ag0WuA7GHP_kAaRDU-XsEPvLWmp2FtlplZOrcFx8Mnw6uCRen5QAja6Twh3erqPi7gs2DyG6FS8mLxJhLSQ-r7GMvnSJXQLUyC_AXylEwcc3aHC1MXTgxwSzXhsZiyvA"
    ["agree"] => string(1) "1"
    ["submit"] => string(7) "Sign up"
    ["_xfToken"] => string(8) "********"
    ["reg_key"] => string(32) "6fee900981598d0a0264378e18dc4050"
  }
}

Error 2:

Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Exception: ReCAPTCHA connection error: Unable to Connect to tcp://api-verify.recaptcha.net:80. Error #0: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Temporary failure in name resolution - library/Zend/Http/Client/Adapter/Socket.php:235
Generated By: Unknown Account, Today at 2:55 AM
Stack Trace
#0 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/Zend/Http/Client.php(973): Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Socket->connect('api-verify.reca...', 80, false)
#1 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/Zend/Service/ReCaptcha.php(487): Zend_Http_Client->request('POST')
#2 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/Zend/Service/ReCaptcha.php(502): Zend_Service_ReCaptcha->_post('03AO6mBfymxGMNI...', 'wnauwkk rriae')
#3 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/Captcha/ReCaptcha.php(53): Zend_Service_ReCaptcha->verify('03AO6mBfymxGMNI...', 'wnauwkk rriae')
#4 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/Captcha/Abstract.php(129): XenForo_Captcha_ReCaptcha->isValid(Array)
#5 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Register.php(355): XenForo_Captcha_Abstract::validateDefault(Object(XenForo_Input))
#6 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/UserEss/ControllerPublic/Register.php(68): XenForo_ControllerPublic_Register->actionRegister()
#7 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(351): UserEss_ControllerPublic_Register->actionRegister()
#8 /home/queee/public_html/forums/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(134): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#9 /home/queee/public_html/forums/index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#10 {main}
Request State
array(3) {
  ["url"] => string(52) "http://que-ee.com/forums/index.php?register/register"
  ["_GET"] => array(1) {
    ["register/register"] => string(0) ""
  }
  ["_POST"] => array(15) {
    ["username"] => string(0) ""
    ["7d847ebb0d2df9ca037be6d84bba2bea"] => string(11) "Arthurhibia"
    ["cf1b0c8d3124d76eff1cb9094c13d519"] => string(24) "gavrilovasya1991@mail.ru"
    ["dob_month"] => string(1) "9"
    ["dob_day"] => string(1) "7"
    ["dob_year"] => string(4) "1976"
    ["a6358076ac7c201cf5147422800bd44d"] => array(1) {
      ["zdcznjyyzdbhzmfhnwe"] => string(0) ""
    }
    ["custom_fields_shown"] => array(1) {
      [0] => string(19) "zdcznjyyzdbhzmfhnwe"
    }
    ["25a80068496559c6f46d6de203916742"] => string(12) "Pacific/Fiji"
    ["recaptcha_response_field"] => string(13) "wnauwkk rriae"
    ["recaptcha_challenge_field"] => string(228) "03AO6mBfymxGMNIlypdmOH1d6V6HqVqRdFwCtgWV48FraRrtVv3qw8qq6etvLDZtPs9SRW7VEdXwNhnsqCYre44eNmAkoLwWoi7LIKGkuD5LWrk8bXtq3A3vdpIQ31uE-MIrcJ8lKZTKpTTKjHdZkSPPsKefHrrmOQoH2ZWzVR9tBacC8lzxcdwpGMkngUDsTWEsnh9Y38css5avnCAxotqRQiiLC8p1iSkA"
    ["agree"] => string(1) "1"
    ["submit"] => string(7) "Sign up"
    ["_xfToken"] => string(8) "********"
    ["reg_key"] => string(32) "d73662d0afaa5adbb6a6698b3e237799"
  }
}

 

[Paul B]

Those are server level issues with your server communicating with external servers (Gravatar, Captcha).

If there were only a few and they have now stopped, you can ignore them, as it was likely a temporary issue.

If they are still ongoing, contact your host.

 

[DaiAku]

Thanks, @Brogan - I am getting them all the time. Will contact them. Thanks!