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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-01-31 09:30:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-01-31 09:30:15 +0100 |
| commit | 15ec451554b5889a92651b9fe71bf01047ba9fc3 (patch) | |
| tree | fb39ec53778d64c827e4afa6eb939d73df1ddb4e /doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.3.md | |
| parent | 19007cf5529bc35a3baf53b14c6559bda3b2b206 (diff) | |
| parent | 69baec96473ca2dc28ac016093770a46650a4ac9 (diff) | |
Merge pull request #3605v0.9.0rc1
69baec9 doc: Add historical release notes (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.3.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.3.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..856c20aa33 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.3.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.3 is now available from: + http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.3/ + +This is a maintenance release to fix a denial-of-service attack that +can cause nodes to crash. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues + +0.8.3 Release notes + +Truncate over-size messages to prevent a memory exhaustion attack. + +Fix a regression that causes excessive re-writing of the 'peers.dat' file. + + +Thanks to Peter Todd for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability +( CVE-2013-4627 ) and creating a fix. |