Merge branch 'maint-0.4.5'

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Nick Mathewson 2021-03-15 08:54:00 -04:00
commit cfeb063f24
2 changed files with 9 additions and 5 deletions

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o Major bugfixes (denial of service):
o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service):
- Disable the dump_desc() function that we used to dump unparseable
information to disk. It was called incorrectly in several places,
in a way that could lead to excessive CPU usage.
Fixes bug 40286; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
in a way that could lead to excessive CPU usage. Fixes bug 40286;
bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. This bug is also tracked as
TROVE-2021-001 and CVE-2021-28089.

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tor_assert(desc);
tor_assert(type);
#ifndef TOR_UNIT_TESTS
/* On older versions of Tor we are disabling this function, since it
* can be called with strings that are far too long. */
/* For now, we are disabling this function, since it can be called with
* strings that are far too long. We can turn it back on if we fix it
* someday, but we'd need to give it a length argument. A likelier
* resolution here is simply to remove this module entirely. See tor#40286
* for background. */
if (1)
return;
#endif