[tor-commits] [tor/maint-0.2.3] Clarify security impact of bug 6530

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commit 55f635745afacefffdaafc72cc176ca7ab817546
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Fri Aug 3 11:16:13 2012 -0400

    Clarify security impact of bug 6530
---
 changes/bug6530 |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug6530 b/changes/bug6530
index a6b7caa..825bbb7 100644
--- a/changes/bug6530
+++ b/changes/bug6530
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-  o Major bugfixes:
+  o Major security fixes:
     - Avoid a read of uninitializd RAM when reading a vote or consensus
-      document with an unrecognized flavor name.  Fixes bug 6530; bugfix on
-      0.2.2.6-alpha.
+      document with an unrecognized flavor name. This could lead to a
+      remote crash bug. Fixes bug 6530; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
+      



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