commit bfde3cd6d13e0980f5a2af38bff4ee66044a2fda Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Tue Mar 17 10:52:08 2015 -0400
Forward-port changelogs and releasenotes --- ChangeLog | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ReleaseNotes | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 228 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index c7bddae..2fec11b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,119 @@ +Changes in version 0.2.6.5-?? - 2015-03-?? + + +Changes in version 0.2.5.11 - 2015-03-17 + Tor 0.2.5.11 is the second stable release in the 0.2.5 series. + + It backports several bugfixes from the 0.2.6 branch, including a + couple of medium-level security fixes for relays and exit nodes. + It also updates the list of directory authorities. + + o Directory authority changes: + - Remove turtles as a directory authority. + - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements + ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9. + - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This + closes ticket 14487. + + o Major bugfixes (crash, OSX, security): + - Fix a remote denial-of-service opportunity caused by a bug in + OSX's _strlcat_chk() function. Fixes bug 15205; bug first appeared + in OSX 10.9. + + o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security): + - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion + failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout was passed to + buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on + 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from 'cypherpunks'. + - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the + very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if + it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. + + o Major bugfixes (exit node stability): + - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load. + Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr"; + diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks". + + o Major bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox): + - Upon receiving sighup with the seccomp2 sandbox enabled, do not + crash during attempts to call wait4. Fixes bug 15088; bugfix on + 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from "sanic". + + o Minor features (controller): + - New "GETINFO bw-event-cache" to get information about recent + bandwidth events. Closes ticket 14128. Useful for controllers to + get recent bandwidth history after the fix for ticket 13988. + + o Minor features (geoip): + - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database. + - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 + Country database. + + o Minor bugfixes (client, automapping): + - Avoid crashing on torrc lines for VirtualAddrNetworkIPv[4|6] when + no value follows the option. Fixes bug 14142; bugfix on + 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by "teor". + - Fix a memory leak when using AutomapHostsOnResolve. Fixes bug + 14195; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc. + + o Minor bugfixes (compilation): + - Build without warnings with the stock OpenSSL srtp.h header, which + has a duplicate declaration of SSL_get_selected_srtp_profile(). + Fixes bug 14220; this is OpenSSL's bug, not ours. + + o Minor bugfixes (directory authority): + - Allow directory authorities to fetch more data from one another if + they find themselves missing lots of votes. Previously, they had + been bumping against the 10 MB queued data limit. Fixes bug 14261; + bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha. + - Enlarge the buffer to read bwauth generated files to avoid an + issue when parsing the file in dirserv_read_measured_bandwidths(). + Fixes bug 14125; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (statistics): + - Increase period over which bandwidth observations are aggregated + from 15 minutes to 4 hours. Fixes bug 13988; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1. + + o Minor bugfixes (preventative security, C safety): + - When reading a hexadecimal, base-32, or base-64 encoded value from + a string, always overwrite the whole output buffer. This prevents + some bugs where we would look at (but fortunately, not reveal) + uninitialized memory on the stack. Fixes bug 14013; bugfix on all + versions of Tor. + + +Changes in version 0.2.4.26 - 2015-03-17 + Tor 0.2.4.26 includes an updated list of directory authorities. It + also backports a couple of stability and security bugfixes from 0.2.5 + and beyond. + + o Directory authority changes: + - Remove turtles as a directory authority. + - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements + ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9. + - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This + closes ticket 14487. + + o Major bugfixes (exit node stability, also in 0.2.6.3-alpha): + - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load. + Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr"; + diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks". + + o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security, also in 0.2.6.4-rc): + - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion + failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout was passed to + buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on + 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from 'cypherpunks'. + - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the + very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if + it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. + + o Minor features (geoip): + - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database. + - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 + Country database. + + Changes in version 0.2.6.4-rc - 2015-03-09 Tor 0.2.6.4-alpha fixes an issue in the directory code that an attacker might be able to use in order to crash certain Tor diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 578cede..06cc09c 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -977,6 +977,118 @@ Changes in version 0.2.6.??? instead use the recommended tt_* macros. This patch was generated with coccinelle, to avoid manual errors. Closes ticket 13119.
+Changes in version 0.2.5.11 - 2015-03-17 + Tor 0.2.5.11 is the second stable release in the 0.2.5 series. + + It backports several bugfixes from the 0.2.6 branch, including a + couple of medium-level security fixes for relays and exit nodes. + It also updates the list of directory authorities. + + o Directory authority changes: + - Remove turtles as a directory authority. + - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements + ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9. + - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This + closes ticket 14487. + + o Major bugfixes (crash, OSX, security): + - Fix a remote denial-of-service opportunity caused by a bug in + OSX's _strlcat_chk() function. Fixes bug 15205; bug first appeared + in OSX 10.9. + + o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security): + - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion + failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout was passed to + buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on + 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from 'cypherpunks'. + - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the + very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if + it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. + + o Major bugfixes (exit node stability): + - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load. + Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr"; + diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks". + + o Major bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox): + - Upon receiving sighup with the seccomp2 sandbox enabled, do not + crash during attempts to call wait4. Fixes bug 15088; bugfix on + 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from "sanic". + + o Minor features (controller): + - New "GETINFO bw-event-cache" to get information about recent + bandwidth events. Closes ticket 14128. Useful for controllers to + get recent bandwidth history after the fix for ticket 13988. + + o Minor features (geoip): + - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database. + - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 + Country database. + + o Minor bugfixes (client, automapping): + - Avoid crashing on torrc lines for VirtualAddrNetworkIPv[4|6] when + no value follows the option. Fixes bug 14142; bugfix on + 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by "teor". + - Fix a memory leak when using AutomapHostsOnResolve. Fixes bug + 14195; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc. + + o Minor bugfixes (compilation): + - Build without warnings with the stock OpenSSL srtp.h header, which + has a duplicate declaration of SSL_get_selected_srtp_profile(). + Fixes bug 14220; this is OpenSSL's bug, not ours. + + o Minor bugfixes (directory authority): + - Allow directory authorities to fetch more data from one another if + they find themselves missing lots of votes. Previously, they had + been bumping against the 10 MB queued data limit. Fixes bug 14261; + bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha. + - Enlarge the buffer to read bwauth generated files to avoid an + issue when parsing the file in dirserv_read_measured_bandwidths(). + Fixes bug 14125; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. + + o Minor bugfixes (statistics): + - Increase period over which bandwidth observations are aggregated + from 15 minutes to 4 hours. Fixes bug 13988; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1. + + o Minor bugfixes (preventative security, C safety): + - When reading a hexadecimal, base-32, or base-64 encoded value from + a string, always overwrite the whole output buffer. This prevents + some bugs where we would look at (but fortunately, not reveal) + uninitialized memory on the stack. Fixes bug 14013; bugfix on all + versions of Tor. + + +Changes in version 0.2.4.26 - 2015-03-17 + Tor 0.2.4.26 includes an updated list of directory authorities. It + also backports a couple of stability and security bugfixes from 0.2.5 + and beyond. + + o Directory authority changes: + - Remove turtles as a directory authority. + - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements + ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9. + - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This + closes ticket 14487. + + o Major bugfixes (exit node stability, also in 0.2.6.3-alpha): + - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load. + Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr"; + diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks". + + o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security, also in 0.2.6.4-rc): + - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion + failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout was passed to + buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on + 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from 'cypherpunks'. + - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the + very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if + it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. + + o Minor features (geoip): + - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database. + - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 + Country database. +
Changes in version 0.2.5.10 - 2014-10-24 Tor 0.2.5.10 is the first stable release in the 0.2.5 series.