- Detect and reject certain misformed escape sequences in
configuration values. Previously, these values would cause us
to crash if received in a torrc file or over an (authenticated)
- control port. Bug found by Esteban Manchado Velázquez. Patch by
- "flupzor". Fixes bug 5090; bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
+ control port. Bug found by Esteban Manchado Velázquez, and
+ independently by Robert Connolly from Matta Consulting who further
+ noted that it allows a post-authentication heap overflow. Patch
+ by "flupzor". Fixes bugs 5090 and 5402 (CVE 2012-1668); bugfix
+ on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
- Ensure that variables set in Tor's environment cannot override
environment variables which Tor tries to pass to a managed
pluggable-transport proxy. Previously, Tor would pass every