X-Git-Url: http://git.meshlink.io/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FNEWS;h=3bf5b07edbb40cb2214c743f762d30e081a94955;hb=c3ebaaeee7eae6f54b4bb9a349f248e6aaa98fba;hp=4234c9b77d119aa5a16edf8948d70ee774a32f59;hpb=6f52cdcefd71fc72e11abab06fc8db01621725bb;p=catta diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS index 4234c9b..3bf5b07 100644 --- a/docs/NEWS +++ b/docs/NEWS @@ -1,13 +1,246 @@ +Avahi 0.6.17 +============ + +This is a bugfix release. + + * Don't accept "localhost" as a local mDNS host name + * Allow running avahi-bookmarks as CGI script + * Improve libdns_sd compatibility + * Stability: libdns_sd mutex locking order fix + * Publish IPv6 addresses via IPv4 and vice versa + * IA64 fixes + * A lot of minor cleanups and fixes + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 17. + +Avahi 0.6.16 +============ + +This is a bugfix release, it fixes one DoS (100% CPU Usage) and a regression +from the last release + + * Revert previous patch to check nlmsg_pid as it is bogus and breaks in + many cases, notably when using NetworkManager (Closes: #72) + * Replace with new SO_PASSCRED-based check of the sending UID, which + seems to work better (Closes: #72) + * Handle some errors in libdns_sd more gracefully the way the real + libdns_sd does (Closes: #64) + * Apply fix for Linux 2.6.19+ where IFA_RTA / IFLA_RTA is no longer + defined (Closes: #86) + * Fix doxygen comments for avahi watch, thanks to tedp (Closes: #77) + * Make d-bus version detection work for >= 1.0 (Closes: #71) + * Dont dbus_connection_close on shared dbus connections (Closes: #68) + * Fix potential endless loop in dns label unpacking code (Closes: #84) + * Fix bogus assertion in client-publish-service.c example + * Mild fix to some doxygen docs for avahi-common/address.h + * Fix passing in custom priviledged group (previously ignored setting) + (Closes: #85) + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 16. + +Avahi 0.6.15 +============ + +This is a bugfix release, this bug is potentially security sensitive + + * Check that netlink messages actually originate from the kernel + and not another process. + * Fix build on NetBSD (thanks to Daniel S. Haischt) + * Fix dbus_service_browser not setting AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_OUR_OWN. + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 15. + +Avahi 0.6.14 +============ + +This release fixes some bugs and includes a new component. + +Changes: + + * Add new daemon "avahi-autoipd" which is an implementation of + IPv4LL as defined in RFC3927, a technology for assigning link-local IP + addresses without DHCP server. The same functionality has been available on + Windows under the name APIPA. While it is not the first implemenatation of + this technology for Free operating systems it is clearly the most powerful + and hopefully even the most secure. (Because it chroot()s and drops + priviliges and suchlike) For more information, especially about packaging + this new tool for distributions, please make sure to read: + http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAutoipd + and of course the man page included in the tarball. For the rationale for + adding this program to the Avahi toolset please read this mailing list + thread: + http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/avahi/2006-September/000863.html + * Fix a segfault in the code handling static host name registrations + * Add a few new entries to the service type database + * s/D-?BUS/D-Bus/g + * Documentation updates + * Fix service type database building on Solaris + * Make use of newer D-Bus APIs + * Fix random seed initialization + * Install SFTP static service file by default + * Other minor code cleanups + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 14. + +Please note that this version doesn't compile on NetBSD, patches +welcome. + +Please note that avahi-autoipd is available on Linux only for +now. Patches welcome. It is recommended to pass --disable-autoipd to +"configure" on non-Linux operating systems, otherwise the build will +fail. + +Avahi 0.6.13 +============ + +This release fixes some bugs and includes minor enhancements. + +Changes: + * Add a new D-Bus method for changing the mDNS host name during + runtime. This functionality is only available to members of the + UNIX group "netdev", which is the same access group that is + enforced by GNOME's NetworkManager daemon. Since NM will probably + be the most prominent user of this new method, we decided to limit + access to the same group. The access group can be set by passing + --with-avahi-priv-access-group= to "configure". If you need more + sophisticated access control you can freely edit + /etc/dbus/system.d/avahi-dbus.conf. + * Add a new utility "avahi-set-host-name" which is a command line + wrapper around the aforementioned SetHostName() method. + * Bonjour API compatibility library: + * Implement DNSServiceUpdateRecord() + * Allow passing NULL as callback function for + DNSServiceRegister() + * Implement subtype registration in DNSServiceRegister() in a + way that is compatible with Bonjour. + * Update to newer copy of dns_sd.h + * If the host name changes update names of static services wich + contain wildcards. + * Don't build documentation about embedding the Avahi mDNS stack into + other programs by default. This is a feature used only by embedded + developers. Pass --enable-core-docs to "configure" to enable + building these docs, like in Avahi <= 0.6.12. + * Build Qt documentation only when Qt support is enabled in + the configuration. Same for GLib. + * Change algorithm used to find a new host name on conflict. In + Avahi <= 0.6.12 a conflicting host name of "foobar" would be + changed to the new name "foobar2". With 0.6.13 "foobar-2" will be + picked instead. This follows Bonjour's behaviour and has the + advantage not confusing people with regular host names ending in + digits. + * Don't disable all static services when SIGHUP is recieved. + * Fix build when Avahi is configured without Gtk+ but with Python + support + * Fix build on MacOS X + * Support using Solaris DBM instead of gdbm for the service type + database. The latter is still recommended + * Minor other fixes and documentation updates + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 13. + +Avahi 0.6.12 +============ + +This is a bugfix and general cleanups release. + +Changes: + * Compatibility with newer D-Bus releases (0.9x) + * Compatibility with DBUS builds with --disable-checks + * Fix an error in the DBUS event loop wrapping which + caused the avahi client libraries to dispatch some events + too late when used with D-BUS 0.62 and newer. + * avahi-daemon: fix a minor memory leak in the DBUS code. + * avahi-glib: some GLIB adapter cleanups + * avahi-dnsconfd: fix segfault when passing an invalid command + line option + * avahi-test: portability patches for Solaris + * avahi-browse: flush STDOUT after each line, making it useful + in shell scripts. + * update service type database + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 12. + +Avahi 0.6.11 +============ + +This is a bugfix and portability release. + +Changes: + * Ported to Solaris + * avahi-sharp: fix a fatal error in object disposal code + * add a few new entries to the servivce type database + * fix potential crash when the daemon shuts down + * compatibility with newer autoconf versions + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.9 and 0.6.10. + +Avahi 0.6.10 +============ + +This is mostly a bugfix release. Two of the bugs fixed are security +sensitive: a remote denial-of-service vulnerability and a buffer +overflow that can allow local users to become the 'avahi' user. We do +not consider either of them major security threats. + +The DoS vulnerability can be exploited from a local network only. It +is not worth much, though, since mDNS can easily be flooded with +nonsense anyway. It is easy to kick remote mDNS/DNS-SD services by +provoking a name conflict in perfect accordance with the specs. + +The buffer overflow is hard to exploit remotely, only local users can +become the 'avahi' user. In addition the user is trapped inside a +chroot() environment (at least on Linux). + +Anyhow, our security assessments are possibly as buggy as our +code. Hence: + + *** PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INSTALLATION ASAP! *** + +Changes: + * Fix a buffer overflow in avahi-core + * Refuse to process invalid UTF8 data + * Automatically reconnect to the DBUS if we're kicked. (Works only if + chroot() is disabled) + * Don't hit an assert() in the client libs when the Avahi daemon is + terminated + * Enumerate all service types in the database in the Service + Discovery Applet for Gnome + * Improve the Bonjour compatibility layer to make it survive + GnomeMeeting's broken usage + * Deal properly with local non-ASCII hostnames + * AMD64 and FreeBSD portability fixes + * Filter double DNS server entries in avahi-dnsconfd + * Fix a locking bug in avahi-sharp's EntryGroup.AddService() + * Ported to Solaris (incomplete) + * Add _airport._tcp to our service type database + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.8 and 0.6.9. + +Avahi 0.6.9 +=========== + +This release fixes some bugs and includes minor enhancements. + + * Don't allow registration of address records with invalid host names + * Clean up argument validity checking for AvahiHostNameResolver and + AvahiAddressResolver + * Fix Avahi builds without DBUS + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7 and 0.6.8. + Avahi 0.6.8 =========== -This release fixes some bugs and adds a few new features. Please -update ASAP if you where using version 0.6.7. +This release fixes some bugs and adds a few new features. Users of 0.6.7, +please update ASAP! * Fix broken parsing of static hosts file * Improve out-of-the-box Debian support - * Add option to allow mDNS over POINTOPOINT links. - This is a potential security hole and YMMV. + * Add configuration option to allow mDNS over POINTOPOINT links. + This is a potential security hole and YMMV. See man page for details. * Create $(localstatedir)/run on installation This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, @@ -27,7 +260,7 @@ This release fixes some bugs and adds a few new features * Improved Slackware and Fedora suppport This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, -0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5 and 0.6.6 +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5 and 0.6.6. Avahi 0.6.6 =========== @@ -46,7 +279,7 @@ This release fixes some bugs and includes some documentation updates existing service This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, -0.6.3, 0.6.4 and 0.6.5 +0.6.3, 0.6.4 and 0.6.5. Avahi 0.6.5 ===========