[tor-announce] New security releases: 0.2.5.16, 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0.13, 0.3.1.9, (and 0.3.2.6-alpha)
Nick Mathewson
nickm at torproject.org
Fri Dec 1 14:13:29 UTC 2017
There are new releases of Tor to fix several security issues.
If you build Tor from source code, you can download them from the
download page on the website. If you need an older release series, go
to https://dist.torproject.org/ .
For users who do not build from source: packages should be available
soon. All users should upgrade when possible.
These releases fix the following security bugs. For more information
on each one, see the links from
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TROVE
TROVE-2017-009: Replay-cache ineffective for v2 onion services
TROVE-2017-010: Remote DoS attack against directory authorities
TROVE-2017-011: An attacker can make Tor ask for a password
TROVE-2017-012: Relays can pick themselves in a circuit path
TROVE-2017-013: Use-after-free in onion service v2
Remember that the following release series are approaching end-of-life:
0.2.8 on 1 Jan 2018
0.3.0 on 26 Jan 2018
0.2.5 on 1 May 2018
If you need to package a release series with long term support, stick
to 0.2.9.x. Otherwise, please stay up-to-date with the latest stable
release series (or with the alphas, if you are feeling brave and you
like reporting bugs).
Below are the changelogs for today's stable releases: the alpha
changelog will be sent to tor-talk as usual.
Changes in version 0.3.1.9 - 2017-12-01:
Tor 0.3.1.9 backports important security and stability fixes from the
0.3.2 development series. All Tor users should upgrade to this
release, or to another of the releases coming out today.
o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
- Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
and CVE-2017-8820.
- When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
(legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
and CVE-2017-8819.
o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never choose ourselves
as a guard. Fixes part of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This
issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
- Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
analyze it.
o Minor features (bridge):
- Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
or later.
o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
ticket 24394.
o Minor features (geoip):
- Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
Country database.
o Minor bugfix (relay address resolution, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
- Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
- Fix unused variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance, backport from
0.3.2.2-alpha):
- When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (onion service, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
- Rename the consensus parameter "hsdir-interval" to "hsdir_interval"
so it matches dir-spec.txt. Fixes bug 24262; bugfix
on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
- Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
"public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
Changes in version 0.3.0.13 - 2017-12-01
Tor 0.3.0.13 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
to another of the releases coming out today.
Note: the Tor 0.3.0 series will no longer be supported after 26 Jan
2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please stick with
the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
- Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
and CVE-2017-8820.
- When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
(legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
and CVE-2017-8819.
o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never choose ourselves
as a guard. Fixes part of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This
issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
- Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
analyze it.
o Minor features (security, windows, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
- Enable a couple of pieces of Windows hardening: one
(HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption) that has been on-by-default
since Windows 8, and unavailable before Windows 7; and one
(PROCESS_DEP_DISABLE_ATL_THUNK_EMULATION) which we believe doesn't
affect us, but shouldn't do any harm. Closes ticket 21953.
o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
- Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
or later.
o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
ticket 24394.
o Minor features (geoip):
- Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
Country database.
o Minor bugfix (relay address resolution, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
- Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
- Fix unused variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance, backport from
0.3.2.2-alpha):
- When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
- Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
"public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
- Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
Changes in version 0.2.9.14 - 2017-12-01
Tor 0.3.0.13 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
to another of the releases coming out today.
o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
- Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
analyze it.
o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
- Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
and CVE-2017-8820.
- When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
(legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
and CVE-2017-8819.
o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
- Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
or later.
o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
ticket 24394.
o Minor features (geoip):
- Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
Country database.
o Minor features (security, windows, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
- Enable a couple of pieces of Windows hardening: one
(HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption) that has been on-by-default
since Windows 8, and unavailable before Windows 7; and one
(PROCESS_DEP_DISABLE_ATL_THUNK_EMULATION) which we believe doesn't
affect us, but shouldn't do any harm. Closes ticket 21953.
o Minor bugfix (relay address resolution, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
- Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
- Fix unused variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance, backport from
0.3.2.2-alpha):
- When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
- Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
"public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
- Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
Changes in version 0.2.8.17 - 2017-12-01
Tor 0.2.8.17 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
to another of the releases coming out today.
Note: the Tor 0.2.8 series will no longer be supported after 1 Jan
2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please upgrade with
the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
- When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
(legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
and CVE-2017-8819.
o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path through
ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the version of
our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part of bug 21534;
bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012
and CVE-2017-8822.
o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
- Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
or later.
o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
ticket 24394.
o Minor features (geoip):
- Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
Country database.
o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
- Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
Changes in version 0.2.5.16 - 2017-12-01
Tor 0.2.5.13 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
to another of the releases coming out today.
Note: the Tor 0.2.5 series will no longer be supported after 1 May
2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please upgrade to
the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
- When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
(legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
and CVE-2017-8819.
o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
- When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
- Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
or later.
o Minor features (geoip):
- Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
Country database.
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