[tor-bugs] #4822 [Tor Client]: Avoid vulnerability CVE-2011-4576 : Disable SSL3?

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#4822: Avoid vulnerability CVE-2011-4576 : Disable SSL3?
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 Reporter:  nickm       |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  critical    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.1.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:17 rransom]:
 > Replying to [comment:16 nickm]:
 > > Replying to [comment:15 rransom]:
 > > > The dangerous case could happen with packages for one Linux
 distribution used on a different distribution (e.g. packages built on and
 for Ubuntu used on Mint, before Mint updates its OpenSSL packages).
 > >
 > > Okay. Then I'd say, "do this whenever the runtime version looks bad or
 the compile-time version looks bad."
 >
 > See my bug4822_021_v2 branch for fixups.

 nickm approves these fixups.  (Currently, that branch points to commit
 e0795667f924dec650bc4f8c1be93787776c2408.)

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