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1.4 espie 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.3 release errata & patch list:
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22: <hr>
1.13 jason 23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.25 deraadt 24: <br>
1.26 deraadt 25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.25 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
28: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
29: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
30: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
31: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
32: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.29 deraadt 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.30 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.34 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.35 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.36 deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.37 deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.38 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.39 ! deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
! 44: <a href="errata.html">4.0</a>.
1.25 deraadt 45: <br>
1.1 deraadt 46: <hr>
47:
1.28 naddy 48: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 49: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
50: This file is updated once a day.
51:
1.14 ericj 52: <p>
1.27 deraadt 53: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.14 ericj 54: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
55:
1.1 deraadt 56: <hr>
57:
1.31 henning 58: <a name="all"></a>
59: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 60: <ul>
1.31 henning 61: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
62: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.5 deraadt 63: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
64: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.28 naddy 65: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/bootpd.patch">
1.7 millert 66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
67: second version of the patch.
1.5 deraadt 68: <p>
1.31 henning 69: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 71: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.28 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.2 deraadt 73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.31 henning 75: <li><a name="atapi"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>HARDWARE SUPPORT</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 77: Some ATAPI cdroms which do not support the full mandatory command set,
78: (e.g. ATAPI_READ_CD_CAPACITY) do not work with the acd(4) driver.
79: A patch is
1.28 naddy 80: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/acd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 81: available here.</a>
82: <p>
1.31 henning 83: <li><a name="chpass"></a>
84: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 85: Chpass(1) has a file descriptor leak which allows an
86: attacker to modify /etc/master.passwd.
1.28 naddy 87: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/chpass.patch">
1.1 deraadt 88: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
89: <p>
1.31 henning 90: <li><a name="resid"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 92: Calling readv(2) with iov_len < 0 or > INT_MAX would result in a
93: kernel panic. This is the third revision of this patch.
1.28 naddy 94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resid.patch">
1.1 deraadt 95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
96: <p>
1.31 henning 97: <li><a name="inetd"></a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 99: Inetd had a file descriptor leak. A patch is
1.28 naddy 100: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/inetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 101: available here.</a>
102: <p>
1.31 henning 103: <li><a name="unionfs"></a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>BUG FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: As shipped, unionfs had some serious problems.
1.28 naddy 106: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/unionfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 107: A patch is available to solve this</a>.
108: <p>
1.31 henning 109: <li><a name="fdalloc"></a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: Some non-allocated file descriptors have implied uses according to
112: system libraries, and hence setuid and setgid processes should not
113: be executed with these descriptors unallocated. A patch which forces
114: setuid and setgid processes to have some descriptors in fd slots
115: 0, 1, and 2 is
1.28 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/fdalloc.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: available here.</a>
118: <p>
1.31 henning 119: <li><a name="resolver"></a>
120: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 121: A benign looking buffer overflow in the resolver routines was re-introduced
122: accidentally. The previously fixed behaviour is more correct. A patch
123: to fix this is
1.28 naddy 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resolver.patch">
1.3 deraadt 125: available here.</a>
126: <p>
1.31 henning 127: <li><a name="xlib"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
130: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
131: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
132: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
133: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
134: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
135: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
136: problems.
137: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
1.28 naddy 138: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: The 2nd source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
140: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
141: <p>
1.31 henning 142: <li><a name="kill"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
145: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
146: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
147: problems of various kinds.
1.28 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: The fourth revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
150: available.</a>
151: <p>
1.31 henning 152: <li><a name="immutable"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
155: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
156: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
1.17 pvalchev 157: writable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
1.1 deraadt 158: when writes happen to the file.
1.28 naddy 159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
1.31 henning 162: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
165: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
166: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.28 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.31 henning 170: <a name="xterm-xaw"></a>
1.28 naddy 171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
173: overrun problems in <strong>xterm</strong> related to the input-Method,
174: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
175: the <strong>Xaw</strong> library related to the inputMethod and
176: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
177: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
178: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
179: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
180: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
181: these problems.
1.28 naddy 182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch">
1.1 deraadt 183: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
184: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
185: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
186: <strong>/usr/X11R6</strong> using the command
187: <strong>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</strong>.
188: The files are...
1.28 naddy 189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz">i386</a>,
190: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz">alpha</a>,
191: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz">mac68k</a>,
192: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz">
1.1 deraadt 193: mvme68k</a>,
1.28 naddy 194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz">hp300</a>,
195: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz">sparc</a>,
196: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz">pmax</a>,
1.1 deraadt 197: and
1.28 naddy 198: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz">arc</a>.
1.1 deraadt 199: <p>
200: </ul>
1.31 henning 201: <a name="i386"></a>
202: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 203: <ul>
1.31 henning 204: <li><a name="pctr"></a>
205: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
207: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
208: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
209: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
210: <p>
1.28 naddy 211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>CORRUPTED FILE</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 212: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
213: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.28 naddy 214: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz">
1.1 deraadt 215: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
216: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
217: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
218: <ul>
219: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
220: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
221: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
222: </ul>
223: <p>
1.31 henning 224: <a name="pcvt"></a>
1.28 naddy 225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
227: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
228: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
229: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
230: and plugging it back in.
1.28 naddy 231: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
233: <p>
234: </ul>
1.31 henning 235: <a name="mac68k"></a>
236: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 237: <ul>
238: <li>No problems identified yet.
239: <p>
240: </ul>
1.31 henning 241: <a name="sparc"></a>
242: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 243: <ul>
1.28 naddy 244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 245: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
246: (ie. Sparc Classic).
1.28 naddy 247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
1.28 naddy 250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd">bsd</a> and
251: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3">bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.1 deraadt 252: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
1.28 naddy 253: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc">also available</a>.
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
255: </ul>
1.31 henning 256: <a name="amiga"></a>
257: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 258: <ul>
1.28 naddy 259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>MINOR INCOMPATIBILITY</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 260: The AmigaOS patch
261: <a href="http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/sys/PoolMem.lha">PoolMem</a>
262: improves AmigaOS memory handling tremendously, but confuses loadbsd, which
263: grabs less memory from the system than is available. To work around the
264: problem, be sure to execute
265: <pre>
266: PoolMem remove
267: </pre>
268: right before running loadbsd. The next release of loadbsd will probably be
269: PoolMem-aware.
270: <p>
271: </ul>
1.31 henning 272: <a name="pmax"></a>
273: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 274: <ul>
1.28 naddy 275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 276: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
277: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
278: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
279: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
280: <p>
1.28 naddy 281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
283: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
284: <p>
1.31 henning 285: <pre>
286: cd /usr/lib/
287: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
288: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 289: <p>
1.28 naddy 290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
292: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
293: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
294: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
295: <p>
1.31 henning 296: <pre>
297: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
298: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 299: <p>
1.28 naddy 300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
302: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
303: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
304: <p>
1.31 henning 305: <pre>
306: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
307: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
308: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 309: <p>
310: </ul>
1.31 henning 311: <a name="arc"></a>
312: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 313: <ul>
1.28 naddy 314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 315: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
316: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
317: changes, mostly in <strong>xdm(1)</strong> configuration, were made
318: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
319: <p>
1.28 naddy 320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
322: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
323: <p>
1.31 henning 324: <pre>
325: cd /usr/lib/
326: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
327: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 328: <p>
329: </ul>
1.31 henning 330: <a name="alpha"></a>
331: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 332: <ul>
1.28 naddy 333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 334: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
335: there really is no such option.
336: <p>
337: </ul>
1.31 henning 338: <a name="hp300"></a>
339: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 340: <ul>
1.28 naddy 341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 342: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
343: there really is no such option.
344: <p>
1.28 naddy 345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
1.17 pvalchev 346: Unlabeled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
1.1 deraadt 347: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
348: <p>
349: </ul>
1.31 henning 350: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
351: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 352: <ul>
353: <li>No problems identified yet.
354: <p>
355: </ul>
1.31 henning 356: <a name="powerpc"></a>
357: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 358: <ul>
1.28 naddy 359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 360: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
361: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
1.28 naddy 362: <a href="errata22.html#rmjob">rmjob</a> and
363: <a href="errata22.html#uucpd">uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
1.1 deraadt 364: the system if those subsystems are used.
365: <p>
366: </ul>
1.10 deraadt 367:
1.1 deraadt 368: <br>
369:
370: <hr>
1.13 jason 371: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.25 deraadt 372: <br>
1.26 deraadt 373: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.25 deraadt 374: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
375: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
376: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
377: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
378: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
379: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
380: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
381: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
382: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
383: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.29 deraadt 384: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.30 david 385: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.34 david 386: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.35 miod 387: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.36 deraadt 388: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.37 deraadt 389: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.38 deraadt 390: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.39 ! deraadt 391: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
! 392: <a href="errata.html">4.0</a>.
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