current/doc/source changelog.sgml,2.18,2.19

Fabian Keil <[email protected]> Fri, 27 May 2016 15:24:53 +0000
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*** 22,29 ****
  
  <para>
!   <application>Privoxy 3.0.24</application> stable contains a couple
!   of new features but is mainly a bug-fix release. Two of the fixed
!   bugs are security issues and may be used to remotely trigger crashes
!   on platforms that carefully check memory accesses (most don't).
  </para>
  
--- 22,28 ----
  
  <para>
!   <application>Privoxy 3.0.25</application> beta introduces client-based
!   tags and includes a couple of minor improvements. It will be followed
!   by a stable release in the near future.
  </para>
  
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*** 32,53 ****
  -->
  <para>
- 
- <para>
   <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Security fixes (denial of service):
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Prevent invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content.
!       CVE-2016-1982. Bug discovered with afl-fuzz and AddressSanitizer.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Remove empty Host headers in client requests.
!       Previously they would result in invalid reads. CVE-2016-1983.
!       Bug discovered with afl-fuzz and AddressSanitizer.
       </para>
       </listitem>
--- 31,54 ----
  -->
  <para>
   <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Bug fixes:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Always use the current toggle state for new requests.
!       Previously new requests on reused connections inherited
!       the toggle state from the previous request even though
!       the toggle state could have changed.
!       Reported by Robert Klemme.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Fixed two buffer-overflows in the (deprecated) static
!       pcre code. These bugs are not considered security issues
!       as the input is trusted.
!       Found with afl-fuzz and ASAN.
       </para>
       </listitem>
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*** 57,155 ****
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Bug fixes:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       When using socks5t, send the request body optimistically as well.
!       Previously the request body wasn't guaranteed to be sent at all
!       and the error message incorrectly blamed the server.
!       Fixes #1686 reported by Peter Müller and G4JC.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Fixed buffer scaling in execute_external_filter() that could lead
!       to crashes. Submitted by Yang Xia in #892.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Fixed crashes when executing external filters on platforms like
!       Mac OS X. Reported by Jonathan McKenzie on ijbswa-users@.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Properly parse ACL directives with ports when compiled with HAVE_RFC2553.
!       Previously the port wasn't removed from the host and in case of
!       'permit-access 127.0.0.1 example.org:80' Privoxy would try (and fail)
!       to resolve "example.org:80" instead of example.org.
!       Reported by Pak Chan on ijbswa-users@.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Check requests more carefully before serving them forcefully
!       when blocks aren't enforced. Privoxy always adds the force token
!       at the beginning of the path, but would previously accept it anywhere
!       in the request line. This could result in requests being served that
!       should be blocked. For example in case of pages that were loaded with
!       force and contained JavaScript to create additionally requests that
!       embed the origin URL (thus inheriting the force prefix).
!       The bug is not considered a security issue and the fix does not make
!       it harder for remote sites to intentionally circumvent blocks if
!       Privoxy isn't configured to enforce them.
!       Fixes #1695 reported by Korda.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Normalize the request line in intercepted requests to make rewriting
!       the destination more convenient. Previously rewrites for intercepted
!       requests were expected to fail unless $hostport was being used, but
!       they failed "the wrong way" and would result in an out-of-memory
!       message (vanilla host patterns) or a crash (extended host patterns).
!       Reported by "Guybrush Threepwood" in #1694.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Enable socket lingering for the correct socket.
!       Previously it was repeatedly enabled for the listen socket
!       instead of for the accepted socket. The bug was found by
!       code inspection and did not cause any (reported) issues.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Detect and reject parameters for parameter-less actions.
!       Previously they were silently ignored.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Fixed invalid reads in internal and outdated pcre code.
!       Found with afl-fuzz and AddressSanitizer.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Prevent invalid read when loading invalid action files.
!       Found with afl-fuzz and AddressSanitizer.
       </para>
!     </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Windows build: Use the correct function to close the event handle.
!       It's unclear if this bug had a negative impact on Privoxy's behaviour.
!       Reported by Jarry Xu in #891.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       In case of invalid forward-socks5(t) directives, use the
!       correct directive name in the error messages. Previously they
!       referred to forward-socks4t failures.
!       Reported by Joel Verhagen in #889.
       </para>
       </listitem>
--- 58,146 ----
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     General improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Added support for client-specific tags which allow Privoxy
!       admins to pre-define tags that are set for all requests from
!       clients that previously opted in through the CGI interface.
!       They are useful in multi-user setups where admins may
!       want to allow users to disable certain actions and filters
!       for themselves without affecting others.
!       In single-user setups they are useful to allow more fine-grained
!       toggling. For example to disable request blocking while still
!       crunching cookies, or to disable experimental filters only.
!       This is an experimental feature, the syntax and behaviour may
!       change in future versions.
!       Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Dynamic filters and taggers now support a $listen-address variable
!       which contains the address the request came in on.
!       For external filters the variable is called $PRIVOXY_LISTEN_ADDRESS.
!       Original patch contributed by pursievro.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests.
!       Patch contributed by pursievro.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       The show-status page now shows whether or not dates before 1970
!       and after 2038 are expected to be handled properly.
!       This is mainly useful for Privoxy-Regression-Test but could
!       also come handy when dealing with time-related support requests.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to
!       be unique now.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged
!       as well.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced
!       (CID #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211).
       </para>
!      </listitem>
!     </itemizedlist>
!    </para>
!   </listitem>
!   <listitem>
!    <para>
!     Action file improvements:
!     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption
!       and Windows updates work with the default configuration.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/".
!       Reported by ThTomate in #932.
       </para>
       </listitem>
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*** 159,286 ****
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     General improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Set NO_DELAY flag for the accepting socket. This significantly reduces
!       the latency if the operating system is not configured to set the flag
!       by default. Reported by Johan Sintorn in #894.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Allow to build with mingw x86_64. Submitted by Rustam Abdullaev in #135.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Introduce the new forwarding type 'forward-webserver'.
!       Currently it is only supported by the forward-override{} action and
!       there's no config directive with the same name. The forwarding type
!       is similar to 'forward', but the request line only contains the path
!       instead of the complete URL.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       The CGI editor no longer treats 'standard.action' special.
!       Nowadays the official "standards" are part of default.action
!       and there's no obvious reason to disallow editing them through
!       the cgi editor anyway (if the user decided that the lack of
!       authentication isn't an issue in her environment).
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Improved error messages when rejecting intercepted requests
!       with unknown destination.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       A couple of log messages now include the number of active threads.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Removed non-standard Proxy-Agent headers in HTTP snipplets
!       to make testing more convenient.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Include the error code for pcre errors Privoxy does not recognize.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Config directives with numerical arguments are checked more carefully.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Privoxy's malloc() wrapper has been changed to prevent zero-size
!       allocations which should only occur as the result of bugs.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Various cosmetic changes.
       </para>
!      </listitem>
!     </itemizedlist>
!    </para>
!   </listitem>
!   <listitem>
!    <para>
!     Action file improvements:
!     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Unblock ".deutschlandradiokultur.de/".
!       Reported by u302320 in #924.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Add two fast-redirect exceptions for "yandex.ru".
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Disable filter{banners-by-size} for ".plasmaservice.de/".
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Unblock "klikki.fi/adv/".
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Block requests for "resources.infolinks.com/".
!       Reported by "Black Rider" on ijbswa-users@.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Block a bunch of criteo domains.
!       Reported by Black Rider.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Block "abs.proxistore.com/abe/".
!       Reported by Black Rider.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Disable filter{banners-by-size} for ".black-mosquito.org/".
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Disable fast-redirects for "disqus.com/".
       </para>
       </listitem>
--- 150,282 ----
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Documentation improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Mention the new mailing lists were appropriate.
!       As the archives have not been migrated, continue to
!       mention the archives at SF in the contacting section
!       for now.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is
!       running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       A bunch of links were converted to https://.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Rephrase onion service paragraph to make it more obvious
!       that Tor is involved and that the whole website (and not
!       just the homepage) is available as onion service.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Streamline the "More information" section on the homepage further
!       by additionally ditching the link to the 'See also' section
!       of the user manual. The section contains mostly links that are
!       directly reachable from the homepage already and the rest is
!       not significant enough to get a link from the homepage.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Change the add-header{} example to set the DNT header
!       and use a complete section to make copy and pasting
!       more convenient.
!       Add a comment to make it obvious that adding the
!       header is not recommended for obvious reasons.
!       Using the DNT header as example was suggested by
!       Leo Wzukw.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Streamline the support-and-service template
!       Instead of linking to the various support trackers
!       (whose URLs hopefully change soon), link to the
!       contact section of the user manual to increase the
!       chances that users actually read it.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now.
       </para>
!     </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected
!       to reach a local Privoxy installation.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently
!       can't be checked automatically.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working
!       for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Added a pointer to the Cygwin Time Machine for getting the last release of
!       Cygwin version 1.5 to use for building Privoxy on Windows.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Various typos have been fixed.
       </para>
       </listitem>
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    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Documentation improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       FAQ: Explicitly point fingers at ASUS as an example of a
!       company that has been reported to force malware based on
!       Privoxy upon its customers.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Correctly document the action type for a bunch of "multi-value"
!       actions that were incorrectly documented to be "parameterized".
!       Reported by Gregory Seidman on ijbswa-users@.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Fixed the documented type of the forward-override{} action
!       which is obviously 'parameterized'.
       </para>
       </listitem>
--- 286,307 ----
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Infrastructure improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and
!       can be reached through https now.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated,
!       you can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is
!       work in progress (TODO list item #53).
       </para>
       </listitem>
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*** 317,333 ****
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Website improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Users who don't trust binaries served by SourceForge
!       can get them from a mirror. Migrating away from SourceForge
!       is planned for 2016 (TODO list item #53).
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       The website is now available as onion service
!       (http://jvauzb4sb3bwlsnc.onion/).
       </para>
       </listitem>
--- 311,439 ----
    <listitem>
     <para>
!     Build system improvements:
      <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Add configure argument to optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE
!       with the intent to change the maximum number of client
!       connections Privoxy can handle. Only works with some libcs.
!       Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
!       Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git".
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Include tools in the generic distribution.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs
!       to get reproducible results.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Don't add '-src' to the name of the tar ball generated by the
!       gen-dist target. The package isn't a source distribution but a
!       binary package.
!       While at it, use a variable for the name to reduce the chances
!       that the various references get out of sync and fix the gen-upload
!       target which was looking in the wrong directory.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Let rsync skip files if the checksums match.
!      </para>
!      </listitem>
!     </itemizedlist>
!    </para>
!   </listitem>
!   <listitem>
!    <para>
!     Privoxy-Regression-Test:
!     <itemizedlist>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Add a "Default level offset" directive which can be used to
!       change the default level by a given value.
!       This directive affects all tests located after it until the end
!       of the file or a another "Default level offset" directive is reached.
!       The purpose of this directive is to make it more convenient to skip
!       similar tests in a given file without having to remove or disable
!       the tests completely.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Let test level 17 depend on FEATURE_64_BIT_TIME_T
!       instead of FEATURE_PTHREAD which has no direct connection
!       to the time_t size.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Fix indentation in perldoc examples.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Bump version to 0.7.
!      </para>
!     </listitem>
!     <listitem>
!      <para>
!       Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https://
!       is used for the website.
       </para>
       </listitem>

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