Release Notes

libu2f-host NEWS — History of user visible changes.

  • Version 1.1.11 (unreleased)

  • Version 1.1.10 (released 2019-05-15)

    • Add new devices to udev rules.

    • Fix a potentially uninitialized buffer.

  • Version 1.1.9 (released 2019-03-06)

    • Fix CID copying from the init response. This broke compatibility with some devices.

  • Version 1.1.8 (released 2019-03-05)

    • Add udev rules.

    • Drop 70-old-u2f.rules and use 70-u2f.rules for everything.

    • Use a random nonce for setting up CID to prevent fingerprinting.

    • Parse the response to init in a more stable way. The old parser could leak 4 bytes of uninitialized stack back to the device. Reported by Christian Reitter.

  • Version 1.1.7 (released 2019-01-08)

    • Fix for trusting length from deivce in device init. Reported by Christian Reitter.

    • Fix for buffer overflow when receiving data from device.

    • Add udev rules for some new devices.

  • Version 1.1.6 (released 2018-05-15)

    • Change waiting logic on authenticate to allow for faster feedback.

  • Version 1.1.5 (released 2018-03-07)

    • Fix refcount when adding json_objects.

    • Handle fido2 keepalive.

    • Add udev rules for more devices.

  • Version 1.1.4 (released 2017-09-01)

    • Added more u2f devices to the udev rulesets.

    • Increase buffer size, allowing for bigger certificates.

    • Add u2f.conf.sample for FreeBSD permission handling.

  • Version 1.1.3 (released 2016-10-04)

    • Added more u2f devices to the udev rulesets.

    • Fixup mac builds.

  • Version 1.1.2 (released 2016-06-22)

    • Make authenticate return U2FH_OK if touch is set to not needed. Also minor fixes to error output of authenticate.

    • Documentation fixes.

    • Compilation fixes on visual studio.

    • Add udev rules for Feitian devices.

    • Add optional cmake build.

    • Change license of the commandline tool to LGPL 2.1+

  • Version 1.1.1 (released 2016-03-14)

    • Use correct index in u2fh_devs_discover()

    • Fix an issue where we left the authenticate loop early.

    • Fix an issue where authenticate remembered which devices to skip.

    • Stop validating the scheme of the origin.

    • Fixup a crash in u2fh_devs_discover() with closing unplugged devices.

    • Documentation fixes.

  • Version 1.1.0 (released 2016-02-15)

    • Add udev rules for more devices.

    • Don’t return success when no data is received.

    • Fix typos.

    • Make send_apdu send data like chrome does.

    • Don’t release json object that we don’t own no more.

    • Don’t do memcmp on uninitialized memory.

    • Add u2fh_authenticate2() and u2fh_register2().

    • Remove base64 padding (required by spec).

    • Use unsigned ints to prevent buffer overflows.

  • Version 1.0.0 (released 2015-08-27)

    • Add udev rules for older version of udev.

    • Add pam:// as an allowed protocol.

    • Stop using sleep(), use Sleep() on windows and usleep() on others.

    • Fixup tool name in help and manpage.

    • Add a timeout to the register and authenticate actions.

  • Version 0.0.4 (released 2015-01-22)

    • Add an exponential growing timeout for slow devices (PlugUp).

  • Version 0.0.3 (released 2015-01-08)

    • Change license to LGPLv2+ for the library.

    • Some improvements to internal communication code.

    • Some debug mode improvements, from Bram Vandoren.

  • Version 0.0.2 (released 2014-11-28)

    • Add more devices to udev.

  • Version 0.0.1 (released 2014-10-29)

    • Use semantic versioning.

    • Correct json key for keyHandle in signResponse

    • Fix the udev rule

    • Add option to install udev rule

  • Version 0.0 (released 2014-09-16)

    • Initial release.