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1.93 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.3 release errata & patch list:
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1.94 deraadt 21: <hr>
22: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
23: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
24: <hr>
25:
1.25 deraadt 26: <ul>
1.43 deraadt 27: <a name=all></a>
1.67 deraadt 28: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 29: <ul>
1.116 ! deraadt 30: <a name=kill></a>
! 31: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 32: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
! 33: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
! 34: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
! 35: problems of various kinds.
! 36: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch>
! 37: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 38: <p>
1.108 deraadt 39: <a name=immutable></a>
40: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.109 deraadt 41: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
42: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
43: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
44: writeable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
45: when writes happen to the file.
1.108 deraadt 46: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>
47: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
48: <p>
1.102 deraadt 49: <a name=ipsec></a>
50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
51: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
1.103 deraadt 52: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
53: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.102 deraadt 54: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch>
55: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.106 deraadt 56: <p>
1.99 matthieu 57: <a name=xterm-xaw></a>
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
59: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
1.103 deraadt 60: overrun problems in <strong>xterm</strong> related to the input-Method,
61: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
62: the <strong>Xaw</strong> library related to the inputMethod and
63: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
64: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
65: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
66: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
67: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
68: these problems.
1.99 matthieu 69: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch>
1.101 deraadt 70: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
1.107 deraadt 71: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
72: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
73: <strong>/usr/X11R6</strong> using the command
74: <strong>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</strong>.
75: The files are...
1.105 deraadt 76: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz>i386</a>,
77: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz>alpha</a>,
78: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz>mac68k</a>,
79: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz>
80: mvme68k</a>,
81: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz>hp300</a>,
82: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz>sparc</a>,
83: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz>pmax</a>,
84: and
85: <a href=href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz>arc</a>.
1.86 millert 86: <p>
1.25 deraadt 87: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 88: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 89: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 90: <ul>
1.104 niklas 91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>CORRUPTED FILE</strong></font><br>
92: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
93: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.107 deraadt 94: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz>
1.104 niklas 95: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
96: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
97: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
98: <ul>
99: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
100: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
101: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
102: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 103: <p>
104: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 105: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 106: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 107: <ul>
1.93 deraadt 108: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.70 gene 109: <p>
1.25 deraadt 110: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 111: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 112: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 113: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
115: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
1.98 deraadt 116: (ie. Sparc Classic).
117: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch>
118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.115 deraadt 119: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
120: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd>bsd</a> and
121: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.63 marc 122: <p>
1.39 deraadt 123: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 124: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 125: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 126: <ul>
127: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 128: <p>
1.25 deraadt 129: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 130: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 131: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 132: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
134: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 135: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
136: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
137: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.39 deraadt 138: <p>
1.112 deraadt 139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.111 deraadt 140: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the X
1.113 deraadt 141: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
142: <p>
1.110 millert 143: <ul>
144: cd /usr/lib/
145: <br>
146: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
147: </ul>
148: <p>
1.112 deraadt 149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong></font><br>
1.110 millert 150: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
151: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
152: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
1.113 deraadt 153: <p>
1.110 millert 154: <ul>
1.114 millert 155: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
1.110 millert 156: <br>
1.114 millert 157: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
1.110 millert 158: </ul>
159: <p>
1.25 deraadt 160: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 161: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 162: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 163: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
165: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 166: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
167: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
168: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.69 deraadt 169: <p>
1.112 deraadt 170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.111 deraadt 171: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the X
1.113 deraadt 172: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
173: <p>
1.111 deraadt 174: <ul>
175: cd /usr/lib/
176: <br>
177: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
178: </ul>
179: <p>
1.59 deraadt 180: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 181: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 182: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 183: <ul>
1.110 millert 184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
185: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
186: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 187: <p>
188: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 189: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 190: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 191: <ul>
192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
193: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
194: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 195: <p>
1.110 millert 196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
197: Unlabelled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
198: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
1.56 deraadt 199: <p>
200: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 201: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 202: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 203: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 204: <li>No problems identified yet.
205: <p>
1.25 deraadt 206: </ul>
1.95 deraadt 207: <a name=powerpc></a>
208: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
209: <ul>
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
211: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
212: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
213: <a href=errata22.html#rmjob>rmjob</a> and
214: <a href=errata22.html#uucpd>uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
215: the system if those subsystems are used.
216: <p>
217: </ul>
1.25 deraadt 218: </ul>
219: <br>
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1.93 deraadt 222: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
223: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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