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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>
1.125 deraadt 52: The fourth 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>
1.124 deraadt 107: <a name=pctr></a>
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
109: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
110: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
111: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
112: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
113: <p>
1.104 niklas 114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>CORRUPTED FILE</strong></font><br>
115: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
116: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.107 deraadt 117: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz>
1.104 niklas 118: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
119: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
120: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
121: <ul>
122: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
123: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
124: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
125: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 126: <p>
1.130 ! millert 127: <a name=pcvt></a>
! 128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 129: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
! 130: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
! 131: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
! 132: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
! 133: and plugging it back in.
! 134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch>
! 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 136: <p>
1.39 deraadt 137: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 138: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 139: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 140: <ul>
1.93 deraadt 141: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.70 gene 142: <p>
1.25 deraadt 143: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 144: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 145: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 146: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
148: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
1.98 deraadt 149: (ie. Sparc Classic).
150: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch>
151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.115 deraadt 152: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd>bsd</a> and
154: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.123 deraadt 155: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
156: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc>also available</a>.
1.63 marc 157: <p>
1.39 deraadt 158: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 159: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 160: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 161: <ul>
162: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 163: <p>
1.25 deraadt 164: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 165: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 166: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 167: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
169: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 170: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
171: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
172: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.39 deraadt 173: <p>
1.112 deraadt 174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.119 ryker 175: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
1.113 deraadt 176: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
177: <p>
1.110 millert 178: <ul>
179: cd /usr/lib/
180: <br>
181: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
182: </ul>
183: <p>
1.129 jason 184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
185: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
186: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
187: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
188: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
189: <p>
190: <ul>
191: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
192: </ul>
193: <p>
1.112 deraadt 194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong></font><br>
1.110 millert 195: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
196: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
197: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
1.113 deraadt 198: <p>
1.110 millert 199: <ul>
1.114 millert 200: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
1.110 millert 201: <br>
1.114 millert 202: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
1.110 millert 203: </ul>
204: <p>
1.25 deraadt 205: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 206: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 207: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 208: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 209: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
210: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 211: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
212: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
213: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.69 deraadt 214: <p>
1.112 deraadt 215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.119 ryker 216: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
1.113 deraadt 217: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
218: <p>
1.111 deraadt 219: <ul>
220: cd /usr/lib/
221: <br>
222: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
223: </ul>
224: <p>
1.59 deraadt 225: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 226: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 227: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 228: <ul>
1.110 millert 229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
230: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
231: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 232: <p>
233: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 234: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 236: <ul>
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
238: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
239: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 240: <p>
1.110 millert 241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
242: Unlabelled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
243: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
1.56 deraadt 244: <p>
245: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 246: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 249: <li>No problems identified yet.
250: <p>
1.25 deraadt 251: </ul>
1.95 deraadt 252: <a name=powerpc></a>
253: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
254: <ul>
255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
256: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
257: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
258: <a href=errata22.html#rmjob>rmjob</a> and
259: <a href=errata22.html#uucpd>uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
260: the system if those subsystems are used.
261: <p>
262: </ul>
1.25 deraadt 263: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 266: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 267: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
268: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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