From 3ee5924d1812598c1671d4f3b2a5804fcf83c848 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:52:58 -0500 Subject: put the stable changelogs into master too --- ChangeLog | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+) (limited to 'ChangeLog') diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 04625c36a..667a95388 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3