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authorRoss Nicoll <[email protected]>2018-02-04 17:10:29 +0000
committerRoss Nicoll <[email protected]>2019-03-25 05:36:12 +0000
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Update release notes for 1.14 (#1464)
* Move old release notes out of the way * Removed very old Bitcoin release notes as of minimal value in the context of Dogecoin. * Move remaining Bitcoin release notes into their own folder. * Move Bitcoin 0.9 release notes into Bitcoin release notes folder. * Start cleaning up release notes to reflect Doge
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+Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.3 is now available from:
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.3/
+
+This is a maintenance release to fix a denial-of-service attack that
+can cause nodes to crash.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+ https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
+
+0.8.3 Release notes
+
+Truncate over-size messages to prevent a memory exhaustion attack.
+
+Fix a regression that causes excessive re-writing of the 'peers.dat' file.
+
+
+Thanks to Peter Todd for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability
+( CVE-2013-4627 ) and creating a fix.