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1Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.3 is now available from:2http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.3/4This is a maintenance release to fix a denial-of-service attack that5can cause nodes to crash.7Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:8https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues100.8.3 Release notes12Truncate over-size messages to prevent a memory exhaustion attack.14Fix a regression that causes excessive re-writing of the 'peers.dat' file.17Thanks to Peter Todd for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability18( CVE-2013-4627 ) and creating a fix.
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