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! 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.3 release errata & patch list:
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! 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: <a href=errata.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 25: <hr>
! 26:
! 27: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3.tar.gz>
! 28: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
! 29: This file is updated once a day.
! 30:
! 31: <hr>
! 32:
! 33: <ul>
! 34: <a name=all></a>
! 35: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
! 36: <ul>
! 37: <a name=atapi></a>
! 38: <li><font color=#009000><strong>HARDWARE SUPPORT</strong></font><br>
! 39: Some ATAPI cdroms which do not support the full mandatory command set,
! 40: (e.g. ATAPI_READ_CD_CAPACITY) do not work with the acd(4) driver.
! 41: A patch is
! 42: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/acd.patch>
! 43: available here.</a>
! 44: <p>
! 45: <a name=chpass></a>
! 46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 47: Chpass(1) has a file descriptor leak which allows an
! 48: attacker to modify /etc/master.passwd.
! 49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/chpass.patch>
! 50: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 51: <p>
! 52: <a name=resid></a>
! 53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 54: Calling readv(2) with iov_len < 0 or > INT_MAX would result in a
! 55: kernel panic. This is the third revision of this patch.
! 56: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resid.patch>
! 57: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 58: <p>
! 59: <a name=inetd></a>
! 60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 61: Inetd had a file descriptor leak. A patch is
! 62: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/inetd.patch>
! 63: available here.</a>
! 64: <p>
! 65: <a name=unionfs></a>
! 66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>BUG FIX</strong></font><br>
! 67: As shipped, unionfs had some serious problems.
! 68: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/unionfs.patch>
! 69: A patch is available to solve this</a>.
! 70: <p>
! 71: <a name=fdalloc></a>
! 72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 73: Some non-allocated file descriptors have implied uses according to
! 74: system libraries, and hence setuid and setgid processes should not
! 75: be executed with these descriptors unallocated. A patch which forces
! 76: setuid and setgid processes to have some descriptors in fd slots
! 77: 0, 1, and 2 is
! 78: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/fdalloc.patch>
! 79: available here.</a>
! 80: <p>
! 81: <a name=xlib></a>
! 82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 83: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
! 84: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
! 85: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
! 86: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
! 87: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
! 88: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
! 89: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
! 90: problems.
! 91: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
! 92: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch>
! 93: The 2nd source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
! 94: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
! 95: <p>
! 96: <a name=kill></a>
! 97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 98: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
! 99: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
! 100: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
! 101: problems of various kinds.
! 102: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch>
! 103: The fourth revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
! 104: available.</a>
! 105: <p>
! 106: <a name=immutable></a>
! 107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 108: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
! 109: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
! 110: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
! 111: writeable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
! 112: when writes happen to the file.
! 113: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>
! 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 115: <p>
! 116: <a name=ipsec></a>
! 117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 118: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
! 119: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
! 120: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
! 121: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch>
! 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 123: <p>
! 124: <a name=xterm-xaw></a>
! 125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 126: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
! 127: overrun problems in <strong>xterm</strong> related to the input-Method,
! 128: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
! 129: the <strong>Xaw</strong> library related to the inputMethod and
! 130: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
! 131: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
! 132: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
! 133: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
! 134: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
! 135: these problems.
! 136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch>
! 137: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
! 138: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
! 139: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
! 140: <strong>/usr/X11R6</strong> using the command
! 141: <strong>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</strong>.
! 142: The files are...
! 143: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz>i386</a>,
! 144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz>alpha</a>,
! 145: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz>mac68k</a>,
! 146: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz>
! 147: mvme68k</a>,
! 148: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz>hp300</a>,
! 149: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz>sparc</a>,
! 150: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz>pmax</a>,
! 151: and
! 152: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz>arc</a>.
! 153: <p>
! 154: </ul>
! 155: <a name=i386></a>
! 156: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
! 157: <ul>
! 158: <a name=pctr></a>
! 159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 160: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
! 161: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
! 162: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
! 163: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
! 164: <p>
! 165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>CORRUPTED FILE</strong></font><br>
! 166: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
! 167: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
! 168: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz>
! 169: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
! 170: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
! 171: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
! 172: <ul>
! 173: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
! 174: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
! 175: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
! 176: </ul>
! 177: <p>
! 178: <a name=pcvt></a>
! 179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 180: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
! 181: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
! 182: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
! 183: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
! 184: and plugging it back in.
! 185: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch>
! 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 187: <p>
! 188: </ul>
! 189: <a name=mac68k></a>
! 190: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
! 191: <ul>
! 192: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 193: <p>
! 194: </ul>
! 195: <a name=sparc></a>
! 196: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
! 197: <ul>
! 198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 199: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
! 200: (ie. Sparc Classic).
! 201: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch>
! 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 203: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
! 204: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd>bsd</a> and
! 205: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>.
! 206: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
! 207: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc>also available</a>.
! 208: <p>
! 209: </ul>
! 210: <a name=amiga></a>
! 211: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
! 212: <ul>
! 213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>MINOR INCOMPATIBILITY</strong></font><br>
! 214: The AmigaOS patch
! 215: <a href="http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/sys/PoolMem.lha">PoolMem</a>
! 216: improves AmigaOS memory handling tremendously, but confuses loadbsd, which
! 217: grabs less memory from the system than is available. To work around the
! 218: problem, be sure to execute
! 219: <pre>
! 220: PoolMem remove
! 221: </pre>
! 222: right before running loadbsd. The next release of loadbsd will probably be
! 223: PoolMem-aware.
! 224: <p>
! 225: </ul>
! 226: <a name=pmax></a>
! 227: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
! 228: <ul>
! 229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
! 230: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
! 231: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
! 232: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
! 233: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
! 234: <p>
! 235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
! 236: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
! 237: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
! 238: <p>
! 239: <ul>
! 240: cd /usr/lib/
! 241: <br>
! 242: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
! 243: </ul>
! 244: <p>
! 245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
! 246: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
! 247: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
! 248: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
! 249: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
! 250: <p>
! 251: <ul>
! 252: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
! 253: </ul>
! 254: <p>
! 255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong></font><br>
! 256: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
! 257: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
! 258: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
! 259: <p>
! 260: <ul>
! 261: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
! 262: <br>
! 263: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
! 264: </ul>
! 265: <p>
! 266: </ul>
! 267: <a name=arc></a>
! 268: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
! 269: <ul>
! 270: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
! 271: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
! 272: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
! 273: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
! 274: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
! 275: <p>
! 276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
! 277: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
! 278: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
! 279: <p>
! 280: <ul>
! 281: cd /usr/lib/
! 282: <br>
! 283: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
! 284: </ul>
! 285: <p>
! 286: </ul>
! 287: <a name=alpha></a>
! 288: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
! 289: <ul>
! 290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
! 291: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
! 292: there really is no such option.
! 293: <p>
! 294: </ul>
! 295: <a name=hp300></a>
! 296: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
! 297: <ul>
! 298: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
! 299: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
! 300: there really is no such option.
! 301: <p>
! 302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
! 303: Unlabelled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
! 304: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
! 305: <p>
! 306: </ul>
! 307: <a name=mvme68k></a>
! 308: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
! 309: <ul>
! 310: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 311: <p>
! 312: </ul>
! 313: <a name=powerpc></a>
! 314: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
! 315: <ul>
! 316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 317: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
! 318: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
! 319: <a href=errata22.html#rmjob>rmjob</a> and
! 320: <a href=errata22.html#uucpd>uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
! 321: the system if those subsystems are used.
! 322: <p>
! 323: </ul>
! 324: </ul>
! 325: <br>
! 326:
! 327: <hr>
! 328: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 329: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 330: <a href=errata.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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