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1.435     naddy      17: <h2><font color="#0000e0">
1.542     deraadt    18: This is the OpenBSD 3.8 release errata &amp; patch list:
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1.240     jason      23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.380     espie      24: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
1.418     deraadt    25: <br>
1.419     deraadt    26: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.418     deraadt    27: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
                     28: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
                     29: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
                     30: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
                     31: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
                     32: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
                     33: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
                     34: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
                     35: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
                     36: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
1.440     deraadt    37: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.458     david      38: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.482     deraadt    39: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.512     miod       40: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.534     deraadt    41: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.542     deraadt    42: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
                     43: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>.
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1.542     deraadt    47: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8.tar.gz">
1.142     deraadt    48: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
                     49: This file is updated once a day.
                     50:
1.240     jason      51: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.542     deraadt    52: <code>OPENBSD_3_8</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.278     ericj      53:
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1.420     deraadt    55: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.409     jufi       56: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
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1.547   ! brad       77: <li><a name="ssh"></a>
        !            78: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: February 12, 2006</strong></font> &nbsp; <i>all architecture</i><br>
        !            79: Josh Bressers has reported a weakness in OpenSSH caused due to the insecure use of the
        !            80: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=system&amp;sektion=3">system(3)</a>
        !            81: function in
        !            82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&amp;sektion=1">scp(1)</a>
        !            83: when performing copy operations using filenames that are supplied by the user from the command line.
        !            84: This can be exploited to execute shell commands with privileges of the user running
        !            85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&amp;sektion=1">scp(1)</a>.
        !            86: <br>
        !            87: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/005_ssh.patch">
        !            88: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
        !            89: <p>
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1.544     brad       91: <li><a name="i386machdep"></a>
                     92: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: January 13, 2006</strong></font> &nbsp; <i>i386 architecture</i><br>
                     93: Constrain
                     94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=i386_set_ioperm&amp;arch=i386&amp;sektion=2">i386_set_ioperm(2)</a>
                     95: so even root is blocked from accessing the ioports
                     96: unless the machine is running at lower securelevels or with an open X11 aperture.
                     97: <br>
                     98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/i386/004_i386machdep.patch">
                     99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
                    100: <p>
                    101:
                    102: <li><a name="i386pmap"></a>
                    103: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: January 13, 2006</strong></font> &nbsp; <i>i386 architecture</i><br>
1.545     steven    104: Change the implementation of i386 W^X so that the "execute line" can move around.
1.544     brad      105: Before it was limited to being either at 512MB (below which all code normally
                    106: lands) or at the top of the stack. Now the line can float as
                    107: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&amp;sektion=2">mprotect(2)</a>
                    108: and
                    109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mmap&amp;sektion=2">mmap(2)</a>
1.546     steven    110: requests need it to. This is now implemented using only GDT selectors
1.544     brad      111: instead of the LDT so that it is more robust as well.
                    112: <br>
                    113: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/i386/003_i386pmap.patch">
                    114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
                    115: <p>
                    116:
1.543     brad      117: <li><a name="fd"></a>
                    118: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: January 5, 2006</strong></font> &nbsp; <i>All architectures</i><br>
                    119: Do not allow users to trick suid programs into re-opening files via /dev/fd.
                    120: <br>
                    121: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/002_fd.patch">
                    122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
                    123: <p>
1.538     brad      124:
1.543     brad      125: <li><a name="perl"></a>
                    126: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: January 5, 2006</strong></font> &nbsp; <i>All architectures</i><br>
                    127: A buffer overflow has been found in the Perl interpreter with the sprintf function which
                    128: may be exploitable under certain conditions.
                    129: <br>
                    130: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/001_perl.patch">
                    131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
                    132: <p>
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1.512     miod      134:
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1.25      deraadt   137: <hr>
1.240     jason     138: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.381     espie     139: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
1.418     deraadt   140: <br>
1.419     deraadt   141: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.418     deraadt   142: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
                    143: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
                    144: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
                    145: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
                    146: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
                    147: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
                    148: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
                    149: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
                    150: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
                    151: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
1.440     deraadt   152: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.458     david     153: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.482     deraadt   154: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.512     miod      155: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.534     deraadt   156: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.542     deraadt   157: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
                    158: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>.
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