Tor 0.2.4.6-alpha fixes an assert bug that has been plaguing relays,
makes our defense-in-depth memory wiping more reliable, and begins to
count IPv6 addresses in bridge statistics,
https://www.torproject.org/dist/
Changes in version 0.2.4.6-alpha - 2012-11-13
o Major bugfixes:
- Fix an assertion failure that could occur when closing a connection
with a spliced rendezvous circuit. Fix for bug 7212; bugfix on
Tor 0.2.4.4-alpha.
- Tor tries to wipe potentially sensitive data after using it, so
that if some subsequent security failure exposes Tor's memory,
the damage will be limited. But we had a bug where the compiler
was eliminating these wipe operations when it decided that the
memory was no longer visible to a (correctly running) program,
hence defeating our attempt at defense in depth. We fix that
by using OpenSSL's OPENSSL_cleanse() operation, which a compiler
is unlikely to optimize away. Future versions of Tor may use
a less ridiculously heavy approach for this. Fixes bug 7352.
Reported in an article by Andrey Karpov.
o Minor features:
- Add GeoIP database for IPv6 addresses. The new config option
is GeoIPv6File.
- Bridge statistics now count bridge clients connecting over IPv6:
bridge statistics files now list "bridge-ip-versions" and
extra-info documents list "geoip6-db-digest". The control protocol
"CLIENTS_SEEN" and "ip-to-country" queries now support IPv6. Initial
implementation by "shkoo", addressing ticket 5055.
o Minor bugfixes:
- Warn when we are binding low ports when hibernation is enabled;
previously we had warned when we were _advertising_ low ports with
hibernation enabled. Fixes bug 7285; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
- Fix a harmless bug when opting against publishing a relay descriptor
because DisableNetwork is set. Fixes bug 7464; bugfix on
0.2.3.9-alpha.
- Add warning message when a managed proxy dies during configuration.
Fixes bug 7195; bugfix on 0.2.4.2-alpha.
- Fix a linking error when building tor-fw-helper without miniupnp.
Fixes bug 7235; bugfix on 0.2.4.2-alpha. Fix by Anthony G. Basile.
- Check for closing an or_connection_t without going through correct
channel functions; emit a warning and then call
connection_or_close_for_error() so we don't assert as in bugs 7212
and 7267.
- Compile correctly on compilers without C99 designated initializer
support. Fixes bug 7286; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
- Avoid a possible assert that can occur when channel_send_destroy() is
called on a channel in CHANNEL_STATE_CLOSING, CHANNEL_STATE_CLOSED,
or CHANNEL_STATE_ERROR when the Tor process is resumed after being
blocked for a long interval. Fixes bug 7350; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
- Fix a memory leak on failing cases of channel_tls_process_certs_cell.
Fixes bug 7422; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
o Code simplification and refactoring:
- Start using OpenBSD's implementation of queue.h, so that we don't
need to hand-roll our own pointer and list structures whenever we
need them. (We can't rely on a sys/queue.h, since some operating
systems don't have them, and the ones that do have them don't all
present the same extensions.)
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