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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>
1.140 ! millert 30: <a name=chpass></a>
! 31: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 32: Chpass(1) has a file descriptor leak which allows an
! 33: attacker to modify /etc/master.passwd.
! 34: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/chpass.patch>
! 35: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 36: <p>
1.138 deraadt 37: <a name=resid></a>
38: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
39: Calling readv(2) with iov_len < 0 or > INT_MAX would result in a
1.139 millert 40: kernel panic. This is the third revision of this patch.
1.138 deraadt 41: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resid.patch>
42: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
43: <p>
44: <a name=inetd></a>
1.135 deraadt 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
46: Inetd had a file descriptor leak. A patch is
47: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/inetd.patch>
48: available here.</a>
49: <p>
1.133 deraadt 50: <a name=unionfs></a>
51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>BUG FIX</strong></font><br>
52: As shipped, unionfs had some serious problems.
53: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/unionfs.patch>
54: A patch is available to solve this</a>.
55: <p>
1.131 deraadt 56: <a name=fdalloc></a>
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
58: Some non-allocated file descriptors have implied uses according to
59: system libraries, and hence setuid and setgid processes should not
60: be executed with these descriptors unallocated. A patch which forces
61: setuid and setgid processes to have some descriptors in fd slots
62: 0, 1, and 2 is
1.132 deraadt 63: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/fdalloc.patch>
1.131 deraadt 64: available here.</a>
65: <p>
1.120 matthieu 66: <a name=xlib></a>
67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
68: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
69: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
70: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
71: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
72: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
73: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
74: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
75: problems.
1.121 deraadt 76: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
77: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch>
78: A source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
79: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
1.120 matthieu 80: <p>
1.116 deraadt 81: <a name=kill></a>
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
83: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
84: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
85: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
86: problems of various kinds.
87: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch>
1.125 deraadt 88: The fourth revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
1.117 deraadt 89: available.</a>
1.116 deraadt 90: <p>
1.108 deraadt 91: <a name=immutable></a>
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.109 deraadt 93: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
94: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
95: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
96: writeable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
97: when writes happen to the file.
1.108 deraadt 98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>
99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.102 deraadt 101: <a name=ipsec></a>
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
103: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
1.103 deraadt 104: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
105: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.102 deraadt 106: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch>
107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.106 deraadt 108: <p>
1.99 matthieu 109: <a name=xterm-xaw></a>
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
111: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
1.103 deraadt 112: overrun problems in <strong>xterm</strong> related to the input-Method,
113: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
114: the <strong>Xaw</strong> library related to the inputMethod and
115: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
116: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
117: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
118: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
119: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
120: these problems.
1.99 matthieu 121: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch>
1.101 deraadt 122: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
1.107 deraadt 123: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
124: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
125: <strong>/usr/X11R6</strong> using the command
126: <strong>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</strong>.
127: The files are...
1.118 deraadt 128: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz>i386</a>,
129: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz>alpha</a>,
130: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz>mac68k</a>,
131: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz>
1.105 deraadt 132: mvme68k</a>,
1.118 deraadt 133: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz>hp300</a>,
134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz>sparc</a>,
135: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz>pmax</a>,
1.105 deraadt 136: and
1.118 deraadt 137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz>arc</a>.
1.86 millert 138: <p>
1.25 deraadt 139: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 140: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 141: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 142: <ul>
1.124 deraadt 143: <a name=pctr></a>
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
145: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
146: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
147: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
148: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
149: <p>
1.104 niklas 150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>CORRUPTED FILE</strong></font><br>
151: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
152: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.107 deraadt 153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz>
1.104 niklas 154: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
155: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
156: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
157: <ul>
158: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
159: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
160: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
161: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 162: <p>
1.130 millert 163: <a name=pcvt></a>
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
165: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
166: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
167: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
168: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
169: and plugging it back in.
170: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch>
171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.39 deraadt 173: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 174: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 175: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 176: <ul>
1.93 deraadt 177: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.70 gene 178: <p>
1.25 deraadt 179: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 180: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 181: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 182: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
184: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
1.98 deraadt 185: (ie. Sparc Classic).
186: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch>
187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.115 deraadt 188: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
189: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd>bsd</a> and
190: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.123 deraadt 191: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
192: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc>also available</a>.
1.63 marc 193: <p>
1.39 deraadt 194: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 195: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 196: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 197: <ul>
1.134 espie 198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>MINOR INCOMPATIBILITY</strong></font><br>
199: The AmigaOS patch
200: <a href="http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/sys/PoolMem.lha">PoolMem</a>
201: improves AmigaOS memory handling tremendously, but confuses loadbsd, which
202: grabs less memory from the system than is available. To work around the
203: problem, be sure to execute
204: <pre>
205: PoolMem remove
206: </pre>
207: right before running loadbsd. The next release of loadbsd will probably be
208: PoolMem-aware.
1.39 deraadt 209: <p>
1.25 deraadt 210: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 211: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 212: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 213: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
215: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 216: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
217: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
218: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.39 deraadt 219: <p>
1.112 deraadt 220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.119 ryker 221: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
1.113 deraadt 222: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
223: <p>
1.110 millert 224: <ul>
225: cd /usr/lib/
226: <br>
227: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
228: </ul>
229: <p>
1.129 jason 230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
231: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
232: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
233: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
234: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
235: <p>
236: <ul>
237: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
238: </ul>
239: <p>
1.112 deraadt 240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong></font><br>
1.110 millert 241: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
242: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
243: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
1.113 deraadt 244: <p>
1.110 millert 245: <ul>
1.114 millert 246: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
1.110 millert 247: <br>
1.114 millert 248: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
1.110 millert 249: </ul>
250: <p>
1.25 deraadt 251: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 252: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 253: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 254: <ul>
1.100 deraadt 255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
256: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
1.97 deraadt 257: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
258: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
259: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
1.69 deraadt 260: <p>
1.112 deraadt 261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.119 ryker 262: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
1.113 deraadt 263: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
264: <p>
1.111 deraadt 265: <ul>
266: cd /usr/lib/
267: <br>
268: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
269: </ul>
270: <p>
1.59 deraadt 271: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 272: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 273: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 274: <ul>
1.110 millert 275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
276: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
277: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 278: <p>
279: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 280: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 281: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 282: <ul>
283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
284: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
285: there really is no such option.
1.56 deraadt 286: <p>
1.110 millert 287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
288: Unlabelled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
289: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
1.56 deraadt 290: <p>
291: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 292: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 293: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 294: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 295: <li>No problems identified yet.
296: <p>
1.25 deraadt 297: </ul>
1.95 deraadt 298: <a name=powerpc></a>
299: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
300: <ul>
301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
302: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
303: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
304: <a href=errata22.html#rmjob>rmjob</a> and
305: <a href=errata22.html#uucpd>uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
306: the system if those subsystems are used.
307: <p>
308: </ul>
1.25 deraadt 309: </ul>
310: <br>
1.75 deraadt 311:
1.25 deraadt 312: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 313: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
314: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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