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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-02-15 07:47:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-02-15 07:47:28 -0500 |
| commit | 1ebdae61711ec03ce49af2f356756b5db9587412 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b861d2cf06aae03e2d426584e19910f7912ea20 /changes/bug20384 | |
| parent | 9b90d515a9fc52c2579d55406e78de8d2fb5fa19 (diff) | |
| parent | ed806843dc8e7942a2a0abfbb2ae374e11963feb (diff) | |
| download | tor-1ebdae61711ec03ce49af2f356756b5db9587412.tar.gz tor-1ebdae61711ec03ce49af2f356756b5db9587412.zip | |
Merge branch 'maint-0.2.7' into maint-0.2.8
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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). + |