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73:
1.14 ericj 74: <p>
1.79 tj 75: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
76: Each patch contains usage instructions.
77: All the following patches are also available in one
78: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
79: for convenience.
1.61 deraadt 80:
81: <p>
1.79 tj 82: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.80 tj 83: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.14 ericj 84:
1.1 deraadt 85: <hr>
86:
87: <ul>
1.86 deraadt 88:
1.67 bentley 89: <li id="bootpd">
1.86 deraadt 90: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 91: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.5 deraadt 92: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
93: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.78 tb 94: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/bootpd.patch">
1.61 deraadt 95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
96: This is the second version of the patch.
1.5 deraadt 97: <p>
1.86 deraadt 98:
1.67 bentley 99: <li id="tcpfix">
1.86 deraadt 100: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 101: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 102: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.78 tb 103: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.2 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.86 deraadt 106:
1.67 bentley 107: <li id="atapi">
1.86 deraadt 108: <strong>003: HARDWARE SUPPORT</strong>
1.64 deraadt 109: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: Some ATAPI cdroms which do not support the full mandatory command set,
111: (e.g. ATAPI_READ_CD_CAPACITY) do not work with the acd(4) driver.
112: A patch is
1.78 tb 113: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/acd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 114: available here.</a>
115: <p>
1.86 deraadt 116:
1.67 bentley 117: <li id="chpass">
1.86 deraadt 118: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 119: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: Chpass(1) has a file descriptor leak which allows an
121: attacker to modify /etc/master.passwd.
1.78 tb 122: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/chpass.patch">
1.1 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
1.86 deraadt 125:
1.67 bentley 126: <li id="resid">
1.86 deraadt 127: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 128: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.43 tobias 129: Calling readv(2) with iov_len < 0 or > INT_MAX would result in a
1.1 deraadt 130: kernel panic. This is the third revision of this patch.
1.78 tb 131: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resid.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.86 deraadt 134:
1.67 bentley 135: <li id="inetd">
1.86 deraadt 136: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 137: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: Inetd had a file descriptor leak. A patch is
1.78 tb 139: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/inetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: available here.</a>
141: <p>
1.86 deraadt 142:
1.67 bentley 143: <li id="unionfs">
1.86 deraadt 144: <strong>007: BUG FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 145: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: As shipped, unionfs had some serious problems.
1.78 tb 147: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/unionfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A patch is available to solve this</a>.
149: <p>
1.86 deraadt 150:
1.67 bentley 151: <li id="fdalloc">
1.86 deraadt 152: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 153: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: Some non-allocated file descriptors have implied uses according to
155: system libraries, and hence setuid and setgid processes should not
156: be executed with these descriptors unallocated. A patch which forces
157: setuid and setgid processes to have some descriptors in fd slots
1.58 deraadt 158: 0, 1, and 2 is
1.78 tb 159: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/fdalloc.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: available here.</a>
161: <p>
1.86 deraadt 162:
1.67 bentley 163: <li id="resolver">
1.86 deraadt 164: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 165: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 deraadt 166: A benign looking buffer overflow in the resolver routines was re-introduced
167: accidentally. The previously fixed behaviour is more correct. A patch
168: to fix this is
1.78 tb 169: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resolver.patch">
1.3 deraadt 170: available here.</a>
171: <p>
1.86 deraadt 172:
1.67 bentley 173: <li id="xlib">
1.86 deraadt 174: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 175: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
177: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
178: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
179: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
180: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
181: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
182: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
183: problems.
184: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
1.78 tb 185: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch">
1.1 deraadt 186: The 2nd source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
187: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
188: <p>
1.86 deraadt 189:
1.67 bentley 190: <li id="kill">
1.86 deraadt 191: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 192: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
194: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
195: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
196: problems of various kinds.
1.78 tb 197: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch">
1.1 deraadt 198: The fourth revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
199: available.</a>
200: <p>
1.86 deraadt 201:
1.67 bentley 202: <li id="immutable">
1.86 deraadt 203: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 204: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
206: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
207: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
1.17 pvalchev 208: writable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
1.1 deraadt 209: when writes happen to the file.
1.78 tb 210: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch">
1.1 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
212: <p>
1.86 deraadt 213:
1.67 bentley 214: <li id="ipsec">
1.86 deraadt 215: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 216: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
218: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
219: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.78 tb 220: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
222: <p>
1.86 deraadt 223:
1.67 bentley 224: <li id="xterm-xaw">
1.86 deraadt 225: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 226: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
1.85 bentley 228: overrun problems in <b>xterm</b> related to the input-Method,
1.1 deraadt 229: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
1.85 bentley 230: the <b>Xaw</b> library related to the inputMethod and
1.1 deraadt 231: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
232: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
233: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
234: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
235: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
236: these problems.
1.78 tb 237: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
239: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
240: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
1.85 bentley 241: <b>/usr/X11R6</b> using the command
242: <b>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</b>.
1.1 deraadt 243: The files are...
1.78 tb 244: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz">i386</a>,
245: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz">alpha</a>,
246: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz">mac68k</a>,
247: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz">
1.1 deraadt 248: mvme68k</a>,
1.78 tb 249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz">hp300</a>,
250: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz">sparc</a>,
251: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz">pmax</a>,
1.1 deraadt 252: and
1.78 tb 253: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz">arc</a>.
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
1.86 deraadt 255:
1.67 bentley 256: <li id="pctr">
1.86 deraadt 257: <strong>015: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 258: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
259: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
260: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
261: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
262: <p>
1.86 deraadt 263: <li><strong>016: CORRUPTED FILE</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 264: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
265: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.78 tb 266: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz">
267: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
1.1 deraadt 268: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
269: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
270: <ul>
271: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
272: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
273: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
274: </ul>
275: <p>
1.86 deraadt 276:
1.67 bentley 277: <li id="pcvt">
1.86 deraadt 278: <strong>017: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 279: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
280: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
281: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
282: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
283: and plugging it back in.
1.78 tb 284: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: <p>
1.86 deraadt 287: <li><strong>018: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
289: (ie. Sparc Classic).
1.78 tb 290: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch">
1.1 deraadt 291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
292: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
1.78 tb 293: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd">bsd</a> and
294: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3">bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.1 deraadt 295: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
1.78 tb 296: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc">also available</a>.
1.1 deraadt 297: <p>
1.86 deraadt 298: <li><strong>019: MINOR INCOMPATIBILITY</strong><br>
1.58 deraadt 299: The AmigaOS patch
1.1 deraadt 300: <a href="http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/sys/PoolMem.lha">PoolMem</a>
301: improves AmigaOS memory handling tremendously, but confuses loadbsd, which
302: grabs less memory from the system than is available. To work around the
303: problem, be sure to execute
304: <pre>
305: PoolMem remove
306: </pre>
307: right before running loadbsd. The next release of loadbsd will probably be
308: PoolMem-aware.
309: <p>
1.86 deraadt 310: <li><strong>020: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
312: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
1.85 bentley 313: changes, mostly in <b>xdm(1)</b> configuration, were made
1.1 deraadt 314: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
315: <p>
1.86 deraadt 316: <li><strong>021: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
318: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
319: <p>
1.31 henning 320: <pre>
321: cd /usr/lib/
322: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
323: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 324: <p>
1.86 deraadt 325: <li><strong>022: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 326: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
327: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
328: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
329: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
330: <p>
1.31 henning 331: <pre>
332: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
333: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 334: <p>
1.86 deraadt 335: <li><strong>023: INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 336: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
337: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
338: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
339: <p>
1.31 henning 340: <pre>
341: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
342: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
343: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 344: <p>
1.86 deraadt 345: <li><strong>024: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 346: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
347: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
1.85 bentley 348: changes, mostly in <b>xdm(1)</b> configuration, were made
1.1 deraadt 349: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
350: <p>
1.86 deraadt 351: <li><strong>025: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 352: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
353: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
354: <p>
1.31 henning 355: <pre>
356: cd /usr/lib/
357: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
358: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 359: <p>
1.86 deraadt 360: <li><strong>026: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 361: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
362: there really is no such option.
363: <p>
1.86 deraadt 364: <li><strong>027: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 365: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
366: there really is no such option.
367: <p>
1.86 deraadt 368: <li><strong>028: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.17 pvalchev 369: Unlabeled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
1.1 deraadt 370: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
371: <p>
1.86 deraadt 372: <li><strong>029: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 373: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
374: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
1.58 deraadt 375: <a href="errata22.html#rmjob">rmjob</a> and
1.28 naddy 376: <a href="errata22.html#uucpd">uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
1.1 deraadt 377: the system if those subsystems are used.
378: <p>
1.59 deraadt 379:
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381:
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