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+  o Major bugfixes (security, directory authority, denial-of-service):
+    - Fix a bug that could have allowed an attacker to force a
+      directory authority to use up all its RAM by passing it a
+      maliciously crafted protocol versions string. Fixes bug 25517;
+      bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.  This issue is also tracked as
+      TROVE-2018-005.