[tor-bugs] #5786 [Tor Directory Authority]: A single authority can crash the other authorities

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#5786: A single authority can crash the other authorities
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 Reporter:  asn                      |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:                           |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by asn):

 {{{
 < boboper> networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string() "strcmp(tok->args[i-1],
 tok->args[i]) >= 0"
 < boboper> "a=1" < "a=2"
 < boboper> one auth with params "a=20 a=22 a=24" vs legal auths with 1:
 "a=3", 2: "a=4" means result is "a=20"
 < boboper> while leagsl result is "a=4"
 }}}

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