release-notes-0.9.1.md
1 Bitcoin Core version 0.9.1 is now available from: 2 3 https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.1/ 4 5 This is a security update. It is recommended to upgrade to this release 6 as soon as possible. 7 8 It is especially important to upgrade if you currently have version 9 0.9.0 installed and are using the graphical interface OR you are using 10 bitcoind from any pre-0.9.1 version, and have enabled SSL for RPC and 11 have configured allowip to allow rpc connections from potentially 12 hostile hosts. 13 14 Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: 15 16 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues 17 18 How to Upgrade 19 -------------- 20 21 If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely 22 shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the 23 installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or 24 bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). 25 26 If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you run 27 0.9.1 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere from 28 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine. 29 30 0.9.1 Release notes 31 ======================= 32 33 No code changes were made between 0.9.0 and 0.9.1. Only the dependencies were changed. 34 35 - Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1g. This release fixes the following vulnerabilities which can 36 affect the Bitcoin Core software: 37 38 - CVE-2014-0160 ("heartbleed") 39 A missing bounds check in the handling of the TLS heartbeat extension can 40 be used to reveal up to 64k of memory to a connected client or server. 41 42 - CVE-2014-0076 43 The Montgomery ladder implementation in OpenSSL does not ensure that 44 certain swap operations have a constant-time behavior, which makes it 45 easier for local users to obtain ECDSA nonces via a FLUSH+RELOAD cache 46 side-channel attack. 47 48 - Add statically built executables to Linux build 49 50 Credits 51 -------- 52 53 Credits go to the OpenSSL team for fixing the vulnerabilities quickly.