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authorRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2011-12-16 12:52:58 -0500
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@@ -46,6 +46,126 @@ Changes in version 0.2.3.10-alpha - 2011-12-16
- Update to the December 6 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
+Changes in version 0.2.2.35 - 2011-12-16
+ Tor 0.2.2.35 fixes a critical heap-overflow security issue in Tor's
+ buffers code. Absolutely everybody should upgrade.
+
+ The bug relied on an incorrect calculation when making data continuous
+ in one of our IO buffers, if the first chunk of the buffer was
+ misaligned by just the wrong amount. The miscalculation would allow an
+ attacker to overflow a piece of heap-allocated memory. To mount this
+ attack, the attacker would need to either open a SOCKS connection to
+ Tor's SocksPort (usually restricted to localhost), or target a Tor
+ instance configured to make its connections through a SOCKS proxy
+ (which Tor does not do by default).
+
+ Good security practice requires that all heap-overflow bugs should be
+ presumed to be exploitable until proven otherwise, so we are treating
+ this as a potential code execution attack. Please upgrade immediately!
+ This bug does not affect bufferevents-based builds of Tor. Special
+ thanks to "Vektor" for reporting this issue to us!
+
+ Tor 0.2.2.35 also fixes several bugs in previous versions, including
+ crash bugs for unusual configurations, and a long-term bug that
+ would prevent Tor from starting on Windows machines with draconian
+ AV software.
+
+ With this release, we remind everyone that 0.2.0.x has reached its
+ formal end-of-life. Those Tor versions have many known flaws, and
+ nobody should be using them. You should upgrade -- ideally to the
+ 0.2.2.x series. If you're using a Linux or BSD and its packages are
+ obsolete, stop using those packages and upgrade anyway.
+
+ The Tor 0.2.1.x series is also approaching its end-of-life: it will no
+ longer receive support after some time in early 2012.
+
+ o Major bugfixes:
+ - Fix a heap overflow bug that could occur when trying to pull
+ data into the first chunk of a buffer, when that chunk had
+ already had some data drained from it. Fixes CVE-2011-2778;
+ bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Reported by "Vektor".
+ - Initialize Libevent with the EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NOLOCK flag enabled, so
+ that it doesn't attempt to allocate a socketpair. This could cause
+ some problems on Windows systems with overzealous firewalls. Fix for
+ bug 4457; workaround for Libevent versions 2.0.1-alpha through
+ 2.0.15-stable.
+ - If we mark an OR connection for close based on a cell we process,
+ don't process any further cells on it. We already avoid further
+ reads on marked-for-close connections, but now we also discard the
+ cells we'd already read. Fixes bug 4299; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha,
+ which was the first version where we might mark a connection for
+ close based on processing a cell on it.
+ - Correctly sanity-check that we don't underflow on a memory
+ allocation (and then assert) for hidden service introduction
+ point decryption. Bug discovered by Dan Rosenberg. Fixes bug 4410;
+ bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
+ - Fix a memory leak when we check whether a hidden service
+ descriptor has any usable introduction points left. Fixes bug
+ 4424. Bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
+ - Don't crash when we're running as a relay and don't have a GeoIP
+ file. Bugfix on 0.2.2.34; fixes bug 4340. This backports a fix
+ we've had in the 0.2.3.x branch already.
+ - When running as a client, do not print a misleading (and plain
+ wrong) log message that we're collecting "directory request"
+ statistics: clients don't collect statistics. Also don't create a
+ useless (because empty) stats file in the stats/ directory. Fixes
+ bug 4353; bugfix on 0.2.2.34.
+
+ o Minor bugfixes:
+ - Detect failure to initialize Libevent. This fix provides better
+ detection for future instances of bug 4457.
+ - Avoid frequent calls to the fairly expensive cull_wedged_cpuworkers
+ function. This was eating up hideously large amounts of time on some
+ busy servers. Fixes bug 4518; bugfix on 0.0.9.8.
+ - Resolve an integer overflow bug in smartlist_ensure_capacity().
+ Fixes bug 4230; bugfix on Tor 0.1.0.1-rc. Based on a patch by
+ Mansour Moufid.
+ - Don't warn about unused log_mutex in log.c when building with
+ --disable-threads using a recent GCC. Fixes bug 4437; bugfix on
+ 0.1.0.6-rc which introduced --disable-threads.
+ - When configuring, starting, or stopping an NT service, stop
+ immediately after the service configuration attempt has succeeded
+ or failed. Fixes bug 3963; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha.
+ - When sending a NETINFO cell, include the original address
+ received for the other side, not its canonical address. Found
+ by "troll_un"; fixes bug 4349; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
+ - Fix a typo in a hibernation-related log message. Fixes bug 4331;
+ bugfix on 0.2.2.23-alpha; found by "tmpname0901".
+ - Fix a memory leak in launch_direct_bridge_descriptor_fetch() that
+ occurred when a client tried to fetch a descriptor for a bridge
+ in ExcludeNodes. Fixes bug 4383; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
+ - Backport fixes for a pair of compilation warnings on Windows.
+ Fixes bug 4521; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta and on 0.2.2.29-beta.
+ - If we had ever tried to call tor_addr_to_str on an address of
+ unknown type, we would have done a strdup on an uninitialized
+ buffer. Now we won't. Fixes bug 4529; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
+ Reported by "troll_un".
+ - Correctly detect and handle transient lookup failures from
+ tor_addr_lookup. Fixes bug 4530; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
+ Reported by "troll_un".
+ - Fix null-pointer access that could occur if TLS allocation failed.
+ Fixes bug 4531; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc. Found by "troll_un".
+ - Use tor_socket_t type for listener argument to accept(). Fixes bug
+ 4535; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta. Found by "troll_un".
+
+ o Minor features:
+ - Add two new config options for directory authorities:
+ AuthDirFastGuarantee sets a bandwidth threshold for guaranteeing the
+ Fast flag, and AuthDirGuardBWGuarantee sets a bandwidth threshold
+ that is always sufficient to satisfy the bandwidth requirement for
+ the Guard flag. Now it will be easier for researchers to simulate
+ Tor networks with different values. Resolves ticket 4484.
+ - When Tor ignores a hidden service specified in its configuration,
+ include the hidden service's directory in the warning message.
+ Previously, we would only tell the user that some hidden service
+ was ignored. Bugfix on 0.0.6; fixes bug 4426.
+ - Update to the December 6 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
+
+ o Packaging changes:
+ - Make it easier to automate expert package builds on Windows,
+ by removing an absolute path from makensis.exe command.
+
+
Changes in version 0.2.3.9-alpha - 2011-12-08
Tor 0.2.3.9-alpha introduces initial IPv6 support for bridges, adds
a "DisableNetwork" security feature that bundles can use to avoid