0.3.5.8: copy changelog to releasenotes

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@@ -2,6 +2,126 @@ This document summarizes new features and bugfixes in each stable
 release of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the
 changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file.

+Changes in version 0.3.5.8 - 2019-02-21
+  Tor 0.3.5.8 backports serveral fixes from later releases, including fixes
+  for an annoying SOCKS-parsing bug that affected users in earlier 0.3.5.x
+  releases.
+
+  It also includes a fix for a medium-severity security bug affecting Tor
+  0.3.2.1-alpha and later. All Tor instances running an affected release
+  should upgrade to 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.8, or 0.4.0.2-alpha.
+
+  o Major bugfixes (cell scheduler, KIST, security):
+    - Make KIST consider the outbuf length when computing what it can
+      put in the outbuf. Previously, KIST acted as though the outbuf
+      were empty, which could lead to the outbuf becoming too full. It
+      is possible that an attacker could exploit this bug to cause a Tor
+      client or relay to run out of memory and crash. Fixes bug 29168;
+      bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. This issue is also being tracked as
+      TROVE-2019-001 and CVE-2019-8955.
+
+  o Major bugfixes (networking, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Gracefully handle empty username/password fields in SOCKS5
+      username/password auth messsage and allow SOCKS5 handshake to
+      continue. Previously, we had rejected these handshakes, breaking
+      certain applications. Fixes bug 29175; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Compile correctly when OpenSSL is built with engine support
+      disabled, or with deprecated APIs disabled. Closes ticket 29026.
+      Patches from "Mangix".
+
+  o Minor features (geoip):
+    - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 5 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
+      Country database. Closes ticket 29478.
+
+  o Minor features (testing, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Treat all unexpected ERR and BUG messages as test failures. Closes
+      ticket 28668.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, client, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Stop logging a "BUG()" warning and stacktrace when we find a SOCKS
+      connection waiting for a descriptor that we actually have in the
+      cache. It turns out that this can actually happen, though it is
+      rare. Now, tor will recover and retry the descriptor. Fixes bug
+      28669; bugfix on 0.3.2.4-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (IPv6, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Fix tor_ersatz_socketpair on IPv6-only systems. Previously, the
+      IPv6 socket was bound using an address family of AF_INET instead
+      of AF_INET6. Fixes bug 28995; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from
+      Kris Katterjohn.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (build, compatibility, rust, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Update Cargo.lock file to match the version made by the latest
+      version of Rust, so that "make distcheck" will pass again. Fixes
+      bug 29244; bugfix on 0.3.3.4-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (client, clock skew, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Select guards even if the consensus has expired, as long as the
+      consensus is still reasonably live. Fixes bug 24661; bugfix
+      on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Compile correctly on OpenBSD; previously, we were missing some
+      headers required in order to detect it properly. Fixes bug 28938;
+      bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (documentation, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Describe the contents of the v3 onion service client authorization
+      files correctly: They hold public keys, not private keys. Fixes
+      bug 28979; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Spotted by "Felixix".
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Rework rep_hist_log_link_protocol_counts() to iterate through all
+      link protocol versions when logging incoming/outgoing connection
+      counts. Tor no longer skips version 5, and we won't have to
+      remember to update this function when new link protocol version is
+      developed. Fixes bug 28920; bugfix on 0.2.6.10.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Log more information at "warning" level when unable to read a
+      private key; log more information at "info" level when unable to
+      read a public key. We had warnings here before, but they were lost
+      during our NSS work. Fixes bug 29042; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (misc, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - The amount of total available physical memory is now determined
+      using the sysctl identifier HW_PHYSMEM (rather than HW_USERMEM)
+      when it is defined and a 64-bit variant is not available. Fixes
+      bug 28981; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Avoid crashing if ClientOnionAuthDir (incorrectly) contains more
+      than one private key for a hidden service. Fixes bug 29040; bugfix
+      on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+    - In hs_cache_store_as_client() log an HSDesc we failed to parse at
+      "debug" level. Tor used to log it as a warning, which caused very
+      long log lines to appear for some users. Fixes bug 29135; bugfix
+      on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
+    - Stop logging "Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR circuit..."
+      as a warning. Instead, log it as a protocol warning, because there
+      is nothing that relay operators can do to fix it. Fixes bug 29029;
+      bugfix on 0.2.5.7-rc.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (tests, directory clients, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Mark outdated dirservers when Tor only has a reasonably live
+      consensus. Fixes bug 28569; bugfix on 0.3.2.5-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (tests, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
+    - Detect and suppress "bug" warnings from the util/time test on
+      Windows. Fixes bug 29161; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
+    - Do not log an error-level message if we fail to find an IPv6
+      network interface from the unit tests. Fixes bug 29160; bugfix
+      on 0.2.7.3-rc.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (usability, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
+    - Stop saying "Your Guard ..." in pathbias_measure_{use,close}_rate().
+      Some users took this phrasing to mean that the mentioned guard was
+      under their control or responsibility, which it is not. Fixes bug
+      28895; bugfix on Tor 0.3.0.1-alpha.
+
+
 Changes in version 0.3.5.7 - 2019-01-07
  Tor 0.3.5.7 is the first stable release in its series; it includes
  compilation and portability fixes, and a fix for a severe problem