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@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ curl and libcurl 8.20.0
Command line options: 273
curl_easy_setopt() options: 308
Public functions in libcurl: 100
Authors: 1458
Contributors: 3636
Authors: 1460
Contributors: 3640
This release includes the following changes:
@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o badwords: detect the the and with with [51]
o badwords: only check comments and strings in source code [61]
o badwords: rework exceptions, fix many of them [15]
o boringssl: fix more coexist cases with Schannel/WinCrypt [170]
o build: assume `snprintf()` in `mprintf`, drop feature check [107]
o build: compiler warning silencing tidy-ups [4]
o build: drop `openssl` module dependency for BoringSSL from `libcurl.pc` [33]
o build: drop duplicate `pthread.h` includes [158]
o build: drop redundant `USE_QUICHE` guards [159]
o build: enable `-Wimplicit-int-enum-cast` compiler warning, fix issues [84]
o cf-https-connect: silence `-Wimplicit-int-enum-cast` with HTTPS-RR [132]
o cf-https-connect: silence `-Wimplicit-int-enum-cast` with HTTPS-RR [63]
o cf-socket: avoid low risk integer overflow on ancient Solaris [56]
o cmake: add CMake Config-based dependency detection [87]
@ -40,31 +44,39 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o cmake: document functions used from Windows system DLLs [103]
o cmake: resolve targets recursively when generating `libcurl.pc` [45]
o cmake: rework binutils ld hack to not read `LOCATION` property [41]
o cmake: silence bad library `Threads::Threads` warning [131]
o cmake: use `AIX` built-in variable (with CMake 4.0+) [163]
o config2setopts: make --capath work in proxy disabled builds [113]
o configure: fix `--with-ngtcp2=<path>` option for crypto libs [26]
o configure: fix LibreSSL ngtcp2 1.15.0+ crypto lib selection logic [3]
o configure: prefer dependency-specific variables over `$withval` [35]
o configure: remove superfluous experimental warning for HTTP/3 [169]
o curl-wolfssl.m4: fix to use the correct value for pkg-config directory [36]
o curl.h: replace macros with C++-friendly method to enforce 3 args [110]
o curl_ctype.h: fix spelling in a couple of locally used macros [28]
o curl_get_line: error out on read errors [9]
o curl_get_line: fix potential infinite loop when filename is a directory [46]
o curl_ngtcp2: extend and update callbacks for 1.22.0+ [165]
o curl_ntlm_core: drop redundant PP condition [140]
o curl_sha512_256: support delegating to wolfSSL API [149]
o curl_version_info.md: clarify age details [69]
o CURLOPT_HAPROXY_CLIENT_IP.md: mention assuption on data format [96]
o CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION.md: expand on effects connection reuse [105]
o curlx_now(), prevent zero timestamp [93]
o DEPRECATE: fix minor release number typo
o digest: pass in the user name quoted (as well) [34]
o dnscache: own source file, improvements [116]
o docs/lib: fix typos [53]
o docs: enable more compiler warnings for C snippets, fix 3 finds [71]
o docs: list more dependencies for running Python HTTP tests [123]
o docs: mention more zip bomb precautions [166]
o docs: minor wording tweaks
o doh: fix memory-leak when doing a second DoH resolve [55]
o examples/websocket: fix to sleep more on Windows [92]
o examples: drop warning silencers no longer hit [14]
o examples: fix typo in comment [75]
o file: init fd to -1 to prevent close fd 0 on early failure [40]
o fopen: for temp files, inherit permissions only for owner [146]
o ftp: do not strdup DATA hostname [29]
o ftp: make the MDTM date parser stricter (again) [115]
o ftp: reject PWD responses containing control characters [95]
@ -76,25 +88,32 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o hostip: clear the sockaddr_in6 structure before use [20]
o hsts: when a dupe host adds subdomains, use that [130]
o http2: clear the h2 session at delete [99]
o http2: prevent secure schemes pushed over insecure connections [181]
o http2: return error on OOM in push headers [65]
o HTTP3.md: drop outdated mentions of OpenSSL-QUIC [2]
o http: fix Curl_compareheader for multi value headers [11]
o http: make Curl_compareheader handle multiple commas in header
o imap: reset the UIDVALIDITY state between transfers [7]
o include: drop 'will' from public headers [73]
o keylog.h: replace literal number with macro in declaration [171]
o keylog: drop unused/redundant includes and guards [172]
o ldap: drop duplicate `ldap_set_option()` on Windows [42]
o ldap: fix to initialize cleartext connection on Windows [49]
o lib: always use Curl_1st_fatal instead of Curl_1st_err [89]
o libssh2: fix error handling on quote errors [21]
o libssh: propagate error back in SFTP function [178]
o libtest: drop duplicate include [111]
o location/follow: mention netrc [138]
o md4, md5: switch to wolfCrypt API in wolfSSL builds [139]
o mk-ca-bundle.pl: make generated timestamps deterministic [44]
o multi: fix connection retry for non-http [180]
o multi: improve wakeup and wait code [118]
o netrc: find login-less password when user is given in URL [6]
o netrc: remove unused parsenetrc() macro for netrc-disabled [121]
o netrc: skip malformed macdef lines [67]
o openssl channel_binding: lookup digest algorithm without NID [117]
o openssl: drop obsolete SSLv2 logic [27]
o openssl: fix build with 4.0.0-beta1 no-deprecated [184]
o openssl: fix memory leaks in ECH code (OpenSSL 3) [78]
o openssl: trace count of found / imported Windows native CA roots [8]
o OS400: add new definitions to the ILE/RPG binding. [153]
@ -107,11 +126,13 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o pytest: add additional quiche check for flaky test_05_01 [22]
o rand: use `BCryptGenRandom()` in UWP builds [88]
o ratelimit: reset on start [150]
o request: reset resp_trailer in new requests [186]
o scripts: drop redundant double-quotes: `"$var"` -> `$var` (Perl) [109]
o scripts: harden / tidy up more Perl `system()` calls [70]
o sha256, sha512_256: switch to wolfCrypt API [147]
o sha256: support delegating to wolfSSL API [148]
o share: concurrency handling, easy updates [104]
o socks: reject zero-length GSSAPI/SSPI tokens from proxy [157]
o src: use ftruncate() unconditionally [128]
o sshserver.pl: harden more `system()` calls [81]
o sshserver.pl: pass command-line to `system()` safely [82]
@ -123,22 +144,27 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o tests/unit/README: describe how to unit test static functions [60]
o tool: check for curlinfo->age when determining if ssh backend [77]
o tool: fix memory mixups [106]
o tool: fix two more allocator mismatches [155]
o tool_cb_hdr: only truncate etags output when regular file [129]
o tool_cb_rea: make waitfd() return void [168]
o tool_cb_wrt: fix no-clobber error handling [39]
o tool_cfgable: free the SSL signature algorithms [62]
o tool_formparse: propagate my_get_line errors when reading headers [102]
o tool_getparam: use correct free function for libcurl memory [68]
o tool_ipfs: accept IPFS gateway URL without set port number [13]
o tool_msgs: avoid null pointer deref for early errors [98]
o tool_operate: actually apply the --parallel-max-host limit [167]
o tool_operate: drop the scheme-guessing in the -G handling [54]
o tool_operate: fix condition for loading `curl-ca-bundle.crt` (Windows) [79]
o tool_operate: fix memory-leak on failed uploads [124]
o tool_operate: fix minor memory-leak on early error [23]
o tool_operhlp: fix `add_file_name_to_url()` result on OOM [32]
o tool_operhlp: iterate through all slashes to find name [114]
o tool_operhlp: propagate low-level OOM in `add_file_name_to_url()` [112]
o tool_setopt: return error on OOM correctly [152]
o tool_urlglob: fix memory-leak on glob range overflow [19]
o top-complexity: prevent filename-based shell injection risk [101]
o transfer: clear the URL pointer in OOM to avoid UAF [179]
o transfer: enable custom methods again on next transfer [30]
o transfer: enhance secure check [10]
o url: do not reuse a non-tls starttls connection if new requires TLS [145]
@ -179,15 +205,16 @@ This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:
am-perip on hackerone, Arkadi Vainbrand, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara,
crawfordxx, Dan Fandrich, Daniel Stenberg, Ercan Ermis, fds242 on github,
Flavio Amieiro, Harry Sintonen, Henrique Pereira, James Fuller,
Jason Stangroome, Kai Pastor, lg_oled77c5pua on hackerone,
crawfordxx, Dan Fandrich, Daniel Stenberg, dependabot[bot], Dexter Gerig,
Ercan Ermis, fds242 on github, Flavio Amieiro, Greg Kroah-Hartman,
Harry Sintonen, Henrique Pereira, James Fuller, Jason Stangroome, Kai Pastor,
Kaixuan Li, lg_oled77c5pua on hackerone, M42kL33 on hackerone,
m777m0 on hackerone, Marcel Raad, Martin Dürrmeier, Michael Hendricks,
Michael Kaufmann, Orgad Shaneh, Otis Cui Lei, Patrick Monnerat, Ray Satiro,
renovate[bot], Richard Tollerton, Rob Crittenden, Scott Boudreaux,
Sergey Fedorov, Stefan Eissing, Viktor Szakats, Vladimír Marek,
Yoshiro Yoneya
(33 contributors)
xkilua on hackerone, Yoshiro Yoneya
(39 contributors)
References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
@ -255,6 +282,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[62] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20915
[63] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21057
[64] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20911
[65] = https://hackerone.com/reports/3636044
[66] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20787
[67] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21049
[68] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21075
@ -294,6 +322,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[102] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20963
[103] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20965
[104] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20870
[105] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21164
[106] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21099
[107] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20763
[108] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20407
@ -302,6 +331,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[111] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21046
[112] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21011
[113] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21063
[114] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21165
[115] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21041
[116] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20864
[117] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20590
@ -310,6 +340,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[120] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21068
[121] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21067
[122] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21070
[123] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21110
[124] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21062
[125] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21061
[126] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21060
@ -317,6 +348,8 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[128] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21109
[129] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21103
[130] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21108
[131] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21170
[132] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21167
[133] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21097
[134] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21098
[138] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21091
@ -325,6 +358,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[143] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21084
[144] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20936
[145] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21082
[146] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21092
[147] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21090
[148] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21078
[149] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21077
@ -332,3 +366,22 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[151] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21080
[152] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21083
[153] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=20672
[155] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21150
[157] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21159
[158] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21144
[159] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21135
[163] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21134
[165] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21152
[166] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21143
[167] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21147
[168] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21127
[169] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21139
[170] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21136
[171] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21141
[172] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21137
[178] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21122
[179] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21123
[180] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21121
[181] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21113
[184] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21119
[186] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=21112