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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2015-10-21 14:34:48 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2015-10-21 14:34:48 -0400
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Changes in version 0.2.7.4-rc - 2015-10-21
- Tor 0.2.7.4-rc is the second release candidate in the 0.2.7 servies.
- It a few small bugfixes, notably fixes for compilation and portability
- on different platforms. If no further significant bounds are found,
- the next release will the the official stable release.
+ Tor 0.2.7.4-rc is the second release candidate in the 0.2.7 series.
+ It fixes some important memory leaks, and a scary-looking (but mostly
+ harmless in practice) invalid-read bug. It also has a few small
+ bugfixes, notably fixes for compilation and portability on different
+ platforms. If no further significant bounds are found, the next
+ release will the the official stable release.
o Major bugfixes (security, correctness):
- - Fix a programming error that could cause us to read 4 bytes before
- the beginning of an openssl string. This could be used to provoke
- a crash on systems with an unusual malloc implementation, or
- systems with unsual hardening installed. Fixes bug 17404; bugfix
+ - Fix an error that could cause us to read 4 bytes before
+ the beginning of an openssl string. This bug could be used to
+ cause Tor to crash on systems with unusual malloc implementations, or
+ systems with unusual hardening installed. Fixes bug 17404; bugfix
on 0.2.3.6-alpha.
o Major bugfixes (correctness):