commit 4c743e4fbbc94c72bc801db80dd42ac1ae6ad262 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Fri Feb 12 14:11:29 2021 -0500 0.4.5.6 releasenotes: remove bugfixes on 0.4.5.x --- ReleaseNotes | 130 +---------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 129 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 0aea431e33..da49672b2f 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -5,21 +5,9 @@ changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file. Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 BLURB - Below are the changes since 0.4.4.XXXX. For a complete list of changes + Below are the changes since 0.4.4.XX. For a list only of the changes since 0.4.5.5-rc, see the ChangeLog file. - o Major bugfixes (IPv6, relay): - - Fix a bug that prevented a relay from publishing its descriptor if - an auto-discovered IPv6 that was found unreachable. Fixes bug - 40279; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - o Minor features (protocol versions): - - Stop claiming to support the "DirCache=1" subprotocol version. - Technically, we stopped supporting this subprotocol back in - 0.4.5.1-alpha, but we needed to wait for the authorities to stop - listing it as "required" before we could drop it from the list. - Closes ticket 40221. - o Minor bugfixes (logging): - Avoid a spurious log message about missing subprotocol versions, when the consensus that we're reading from is older than the @@ -27,39 +15,12 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 in practice, it is never relevant when the consensus is older than the current release. Fixes bug 40281; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (metrics port): - - Fix a bug warning when a metrics port socket was unexpectedly - closed. Fixes bug 40257; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha - - o Minor bugfixes (relay): - - Allow relays to have a RFC1918 address if PublishServerDescriptor - is set to 0 and AssumeReachable is set to 1. This is to support - the use case of a bridge on a local network, exposed via a - pluggable transport. Fixes bug 40208; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - o Minor bugfixes (relay, config): - - Fix a problem in the removal of duplicate ORPorts from the - internal port list when loading the config file. We were removing - the wrong ports, breaking valid torrc uses cases for multiple - ORPorts of the same address family. Fixes bug 40289; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Major feature (exit): - Re-entry into the network is now denied at the Exit level to all relays' ORPorts and authorities' ORPorts and DirPorts. This change should help mitgate a set of denial-of-service attacks. Closes ticket 2667. - o Minor bugfixes (relay, configuration): - - Don't attempt to discover our address (IPv4 or IPv6) if no ORPort - for it can be found in the configuration. Fixes bug 40254; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - - o Major bugfixes (authority, IPv6): - - Do not consider multiple relays in the same IPv6 /64 network to be - sybils. Fixes bug 40243; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Major bugfixes (directory cache, performance, windows): - Limit the number of items in the consensus diff cache to 64 on Windows. We hope this will mitigate an issue where Windows relay @@ -75,35 +36,17 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 - Log more information for directory authority operators during the consensus voting process, and while processing relay descriptors. Closes ticket 40245. - - Reject obsolete router/extrainfo descriptors earlier and more - quietly, to avoid spamming the logs. Fixes bug 40238; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. o Minor bugfixes (compilation): - - Fix another warning about unreachable fallthrough annotations when - building with "--enable-all-bugs-are-fatal" on some compilers. - Fixes bug 40241; bugfix on 0.4.5.3-rc. - Change the linker flag ordering in our library search code so that it works for compilers that need the libraries to be listed in the right order. Fixes bug 33624; bugfix on 0.1.1.0-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (config, bridge): - - Don't initiate a connection to a bridge configured to use a - missing transport. This change reverts an earlier fix that would - try to avoid such situations during configuration chcecking, but - which doesn't work with DisableNetwork. Fixes bug 40106; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (onion services): - Avoid a non-fatal assertion in certain edge-cases when establishing a circuit to an onion service. Fixes bug 32666; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (relay): - - If we were unable to build our descriptor, don't mark it as having - been advertised. Also remove an harmless BUG(). Fixes bug 40231; - bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Major bugfixes (onion service v3): - Stop requiring a live consensus for v3 clients and services, and @@ -132,27 +75,6 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 compile option onto the tor binary only. Fixes bug 40111; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (config, bridge): - - Really fix the case where torrc has a missing ClientTransportPlugin - but is configured with a Bridge line and UseBridges. Previously, - we didn't look at the managed proxy list and thus would fail for - the "exec" case. Fixes bug 40106; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay): - - Log our address as reported by the directory authorities, if none - was configured or detected before. Fixes bug 40201; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - When a launching bandwidth testing circuit, don't incorrectly call - it a reachability test, or trigger a "CHECKING_REACHABILITY" - control event. Fixes bug 40205; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - o Minor bugfixes (relay, statistics): - - Report the correct connection statistics in our extrainfo - documents. Previously there was a problem in the file loading - function which would wrongly truncate a state file, causing the - wrong information to be reported. Fixes bug 40226; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (SOCKS5): - Handle partial SOCKS5 messages correctly. Previously, our code would send an incorrect error message if it got a SOCKS5 request @@ -192,16 +114,6 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 objects, potentially leading to bugs. Fixes bug 32880; bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan. - o Minor bugfixes (compilation): - - Use the correct 'ranlib' program when building libtor.a. - Previously we used the default ranlib, which broke some kinds of - cross-compilation. Fixes bug 40172; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - Remove a duplicate typedef in metrics_store.c. Fixes bug 40177; - bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - When USDT tracing is enabled, and STAP_PROBEV() is missing, don't - attempt to build. Linux supports that macro but not the BSDs. - Fixes bug 40174; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (configuration): - Exit Tor on a misconfiguration when the Bridge line is configured to use a transport but no corresponding ClientTransportPlugin can @@ -209,13 +121,6 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 bridge directly without using the transport, making it easier for adversaries to notice the bridge. Fixes bug 25528; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. - - Fix an issue where an ORPort was compared with other kinds of - ports, when it should have been only checked against other - ORPorts. This bug would lead to "DirPort auto" getting ignored. - Fixes bug 40195; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - Fix a bug where a second non-ORPort with a variant family (ex: - SocksPort [::1]:9050) would be ignored due to a configuration - parsing error. Fixes bug 40183; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. o Minor bugfixes (crash, relay, signing key): - Avoid assertion failures when we run Tor from the command line @@ -230,22 +135,10 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 level message. (This event can happen naturally, and is no reason for concern). Fixes bug 40142; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (relay, address discovery): - - Don't trigger an IP change when no new valid IP can be found. - Fixes bug 40071; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - - When attempting to discover our IP, use a simple test circuit, - rather than a descriptor fetch: the same address information is - present in NETINFO cells, and is better authenticated there. Fixes - bug 40071; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (testing): - Fix the `config/parse_tcp_proxy_line` test so that it works correctly on systems where the DNS provider hijacks invalid queries. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix on 0.4.3.1-alpha. - - Fix unit tests that used newly generated list of routers so that - they check them with respect to the date when they were generated, - not with respect to the current time. Fixes bug 40187; bugfix - on 0.4.5.1-alpha. - Fix our Python reference-implementation for the v3 onion service handshake so that it works correctly with the version of hashlib provided by Python 3.9. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix @@ -257,21 +150,6 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 - Remove the "GETINFO network-status" controller command. It has been deprecated since 0.3.1.1-alpha. Closes ticket 22473. -Changes in version 0.4.5.1-alpha - 2020-11-01 - Tor 0.4.5.1-alpha is the first alpha release in the 0.4.5.x series. It - improves support for IPv6, address discovery and self-testing, code - metrics and tracing. - - This release also fixes TROVE-2020-005, a security issue that could be - used, under certain cases, by an adversary to observe traffic patterns - on a limited number of circuits intended for a different relay. To - mount this attack, the adversary would need to actively extend - circuits to an incorrect address, as well as compromise a relay's - legacy RSA-1024 key. We'll be backporting this fix to other release - series soon, after it has had some testing. - - Here are the changes since 0.4.4.5. - o Major features (build): - When building Tor, first link all object files into a single static library. This may help with embedding Tor in other @@ -554,12 +432,6 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.1-alpha - 2020-11-01 - Resolve a compilation warning that could occur in test_connection.c. Fixes bug 40113; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha. - o Minor bugfixes (configuration): - - Fix bug where %including a pattern ending with */ would include - files and folders (instead of folders only) in versions of glibc < - 2.19. Fixes bug 40141; bugfix on 0.4.5.0-alpha-dev. Patch by - Daniel Pinto. - o Minor bugfixes (control port): - Make sure we send the SOCKS request address in relay begin cells when a stream is attached with the purpose