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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2017-02-13 15:23:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2017-02-13 15:23:50 -0500 |
| commit | 144ec3d58cd7358e6563023737a5f91844db93b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 081a8db29e66bc6fdc5f2aa62f602f4a6c0e5180 | |
| parent | 124062e84339ac16ca007a1dc3227951eadcf35b (diff) | |
| parent | 635c5a8a92c8066412645b291817eadcc82d8f8f (diff) | |
| download | tor-144ec3d58cd7358e6563023737a5f91844db93b0.tar.gz tor-144ec3d58cd7358e6563023737a5f91844db93b0.zip | |
Merge branch 'maint-0.2.4' into maint-0.2.5
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diff --git a/changes/bug20384 b/changes/bug20384 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..591015ad94 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug20384 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + o Major features (security fixes): + - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents + of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At + least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used + versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash + most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler + hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor, + though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket + 20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001). + |