[tor-commits] [tor/release-0.2.6] be sure to remember the changes file for #20384

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commit 635c5a8a92c8066412645b291817eadcc82d8f8f
Author: Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 13 15:22:36 2017 -0500

    be sure to remember the changes file for #20384
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+  o Major features (security fixes):
+    - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents
+      of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At
+      least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used
+      versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash
+      most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler
+      hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor,
+      though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket
+      20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001).
+