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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index c874583c9f..d3c9146792 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -2,6 +2,99 @@ This document summarizes new features and bugfixes in each stable release of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file. +Changes in version 0.2.9.16 - 2018-07-13 + Tor 0.2.9.16 moves to a new bridge authority, meaning people running + bridge relays should upgrade. We also take this opportunity to backport + other minor fixes. + + o Directory authority changes: + - The "Bifroest" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge + authority is "Serge", and it is operated by George from the + TorBSD project. Closes ticket 26771. + + o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.3.3.7): + - Add an IPv6 address for the "dannenberg" directory authority. + Closes ticket 26343. + + o Major bugfixes (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha): + - When directory authorities read a zero-byte bandwidth file, they + would previously log a warning with the contents of an + uninitialised buffer. They now log a warning about the empty file + instead. Fixes bug 26007; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. + + o Minor features (sandbox, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha): + - Explicitly permit the poll() system call when the Linux + seccomp2-based sandbox is enabled: apparently, some versions of + libc use poll() when calling getpwnam(). Closes ticket 25313. + + o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha): + - Our .travis.yml configuration now includes support for testing the + results of "make distcheck". (It's not uncommon for "make check" + to pass but "make distcheck" to fail.) Closes ticket 25814. + - Our Travis CI configuration now integrates with the Coveralls + coverage analysis tool. Closes ticket 25818. + + o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc): + - When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more + recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes + ticket 26372. + + o Minor features (geoip): + - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 3 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 + Country database. Closes ticket 26674. + + o Minor bugfixes (correctness, client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha): + - Upon receiving a malformed connected cell, stop processing the + cell immediately. Previously we would mark the connection for + close, but continue processing the cell as if the connection were + open. Fixes bug 26072; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha): + - Allow the nanosleep() system call, which glibc uses to implement + sleep() and usleep(). Fixes bug 24969; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (testing, compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc): + - When running the ntor_ref.py test, make sure only to pass strings + (rather than "bytes" objects) to the Python subprocess module. + Python 3 on Windows seems to require this. Fixes bug 26535; bugfix + on 0.2.5.5-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, openssl, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha): + - Work around a change in OpenSSL 1.1.1 where return values that + would previously indicate "no password" now indicate an empty + password. Without this workaround, Tor instances running with + OpenSSL 1.1.1 would accept descriptors that other Tor instances + would reject. Fixes bug 26116; bugfix on 0.2.5.16. + + o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc): + - Fix a compilation warning on some versions of GCC when building + code that calls routerinfo_get_my_routerinfo() twice, assuming + that the second call will succeed if the first one did. Fixes bug + 26269; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha): + - Don't consider Tor running as a client if the ControlPort is open, + but no actual client ports are open. Fixes bug 26062; bugfix + on 0.2.9.4-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (hardening, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha): + - Prevent a possible out-of-bounds smartlist read in + protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug 26196; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (C correctness, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha): + - Fix a very unlikely (impossible, we believe) null pointer + dereference. Fixes bug 25629; bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Found by + Coverity; this is CID 1430932. + + o Minor bugfixes (memory, correctness, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc): + - Fix a number of small memory leaks identified by coverity. Fixes + bug 26467; bugfix on numerous Tor versions. + + o Code simplification and refactoring (backport from 0.3.3.5-rc): + - Move the list of default directory authorities to its own file. + Closes ticket 24854. Patch by "beastr0". + + Changes in version 0.2.9.15 - 2018-03-03 Tor 0.2.9.15 backports important security and stability bugfixes from later Tor releases. |