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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>
1.120 matthieu 30: <a name=xlib></a>
31: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
32: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
33: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
34: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
35: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
36: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
37: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
38: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
39: problems.
1.121 deraadt 40: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
41: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch>
42: A source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
43: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
1.120 matthieu 44: <p>
1.116 deraadt 45: <a name=kill></a>
46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
47: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
48: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
49: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
50: problems of various kinds.
51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch>
1.122 deraadt 52: The third revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
1.117 deraadt 53: available.</a>
1.116 deraadt 54: <p>
1.108 deraadt 55: <a name=immutable></a>
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.109 deraadt 57: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
58: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
59: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
60: writeable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
61: when writes happen to the file.
1.108 deraadt 62: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>
63: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
64: <p>
1.102 deraadt 65: <a name=ipsec></a>
66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
67: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
1.103 deraadt 68: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
69: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.102 deraadt 70: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch>
71: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.106 deraadt 72: <p>
1.99 matthieu 73: <a name=xterm-xaw></a>
74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
75: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
1.103 deraadt 76: overrun problems in <strong>xterm</strong> related to the input-Method,
77: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
78: the <strong>Xaw</strong> library related to the inputMethod and
79: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
80: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
81: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
82: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
83: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
84: these problems.
1.99 matthieu 85: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch>
1.101 deraadt 86: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
1.107 deraadt 87: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
88: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
89: <strong>/usr/X11R6</strong> using the command
90: <strong>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</strong>.
91: The files are...
1.118 deraadt 92: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz>i386</a>,
93: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz>alpha</a>,
94: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz>mac68k</a>,
95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz>
1.105 deraadt 96: mvme68k</a>,
1.118 deraadt 97: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz>hp300</a>,
98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz>sparc</a>,
99: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz>pmax</a>,
1.105 deraadt 100: and
1.118 deraadt 101: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz>arc</a>.
1.86 millert 102: <p>
1.25 deraadt 103: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 104: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 105: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 106: <ul>
1.104 niklas 107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>CORRUPTED FILE</strong></font><br>
108: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
109: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.107 deraadt 110: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz>
1.104 niklas 111: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
112: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
113: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
114: <ul>
115: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
116: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
117: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
118: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 119: <p>
120: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 121: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 122: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 123: <ul>
1.93 deraadt 124: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.70 gene 125: <p>
1.25 deraadt 126: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 127: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 128: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 129: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
131: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
1.98 deraadt 132: (ie. Sparc Classic).
133: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch>
134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.115 deraadt 135: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd>bsd</a> and
137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.123 ! deraadt 138: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
! 139: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc>also available</a>.
1.63 marc 140: <p>
1.39 deraadt 141: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 142: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 143: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 144: <ul>
145: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 146: <p>
1.25 deraadt 147: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 148: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 149: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 150: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
152: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 153: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
154: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
155: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.39 deraadt 156: <p>
1.112 deraadt 157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.119 ryker 158: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
1.113 deraadt 159: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
160: <p>
1.110 millert 161: <ul>
162: cd /usr/lib/
163: <br>
164: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
165: </ul>
166: <p>
1.112 deraadt 167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong></font><br>
1.110 millert 168: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
169: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
170: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
1.113 deraadt 171: <p>
1.110 millert 172: <ul>
1.114 millert 173: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
1.110 millert 174: <br>
1.114 millert 175: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
1.110 millert 176: </ul>
177: <p>
1.25 deraadt 178: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 179: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 180: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 181: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
183: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 184: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
185: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
186: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.69 deraadt 187: <p>
1.112 deraadt 188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.119 ryker 189: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
1.113 deraadt 190: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
191: <p>
1.111 deraadt 192: <ul>
193: cd /usr/lib/
194: <br>
195: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
196: </ul>
197: <p>
1.59 deraadt 198: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 199: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 200: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 201: <ul>
1.110 millert 202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
203: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
204: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 205: <p>
206: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 207: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 208: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 209: <ul>
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
211: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
212: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 213: <p>
1.110 millert 214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
215: Unlabelled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
216: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
1.56 deraadt 217: <p>
218: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 219: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 220: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 221: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 222: <li>No problems identified yet.
223: <p>
1.25 deraadt 224: </ul>
1.95 deraadt 225: <a name=powerpc></a>
226: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
227: <ul>
228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
229: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
230: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
231: <a href=errata22.html#rmjob>rmjob</a> and
232: <a href=errata22.html#uucpd>uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
233: the system if those subsystems are used.
234: <p>
235: </ul>
1.25 deraadt 236: </ul>
237: <br>
1.75 deraadt 238:
1.25 deraadt 239: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 240: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
241: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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