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74:
1.14 ericj 75: <p>
1.79 tj 76: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
77: Each patch contains usage instructions.
78: All the following patches are also available in one
79: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
80: for convenience.
1.61 deraadt 81:
82: <p>
1.79 tj 83: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.80 tj 84: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.14 ericj 85:
1.1 deraadt 86: <hr>
87:
88: <ul>
1.86 deraadt 89:
1.67 bentley 90: <li id="bootpd">
1.86 deraadt 91: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 92: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.5 deraadt 93: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
94: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.78 tb 95: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/bootpd.patch">
1.61 deraadt 96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
97: This is the second version of the patch.
1.5 deraadt 98: <p>
1.86 deraadt 99:
1.67 bentley 100: <li id="tcpfix">
1.86 deraadt 101: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 102: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 103: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.78 tb 104: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.2 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.86 deraadt 107:
1.67 bentley 108: <li id="atapi">
1.86 deraadt 109: <strong>003: HARDWARE SUPPORT</strong>
1.64 deraadt 110: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: Some ATAPI cdroms which do not support the full mandatory command set,
112: (e.g. ATAPI_READ_CD_CAPACITY) do not work with the acd(4) driver.
113: A patch is
1.78 tb 114: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/acd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 115: available here.</a>
116: <p>
1.86 deraadt 117:
1.67 bentley 118: <li id="chpass">
1.86 deraadt 119: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 120: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: Chpass(1) has a file descriptor leak which allows an
122: attacker to modify /etc/master.passwd.
1.78 tb 123: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/chpass.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.88 schwarze 125: For more details, see the
126: <a href="advisories/nai_28_chpass.txt">Network Associates advisory</a>.
1.1 deraadt 127: <p>
1.86 deraadt 128:
1.67 bentley 129: <li id="resid">
1.86 deraadt 130: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 131: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.43 tobias 132: Calling readv(2) with iov_len < 0 or > INT_MAX would result in a
1.1 deraadt 133: kernel panic. This is the third revision of this patch.
1.78 tb 134: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resid.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.86 deraadt 137:
1.67 bentley 138: <li id="inetd">
1.86 deraadt 139: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 140: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: Inetd had a file descriptor leak. A patch is
1.78 tb 142: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/inetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: available here.</a>
144: <p>
1.86 deraadt 145:
1.67 bentley 146: <li id="unionfs">
1.86 deraadt 147: <strong>007: BUG FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 148: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: As shipped, unionfs had some serious problems.
1.78 tb 150: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/unionfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A patch is available to solve this</a>.
152: <p>
1.86 deraadt 153:
1.67 bentley 154: <li id="fdalloc">
1.86 deraadt 155: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 156: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: Some non-allocated file descriptors have implied uses according to
158: system libraries, and hence setuid and setgid processes should not
159: be executed with these descriptors unallocated. A patch which forces
160: setuid and setgid processes to have some descriptors in fd slots
1.58 deraadt 161: 0, 1, and 2 is
1.78 tb 162: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/fdalloc.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: available here.</a>
164: <p>
1.86 deraadt 165:
1.67 bentley 166: <li id="resolver">
1.86 deraadt 167: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 168: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 deraadt 169: A benign looking buffer overflow in the resolver routines was re-introduced
170: accidentally. The previously fixed behaviour is more correct. A patch
171: to fix this is
1.78 tb 172: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resolver.patch">
1.3 deraadt 173: available here.</a>
174: <p>
1.86 deraadt 175:
1.67 bentley 176: <li id="xlib">
1.86 deraadt 177: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 178: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
180: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
181: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
182: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
183: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
184: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
185: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
186: problems.
187: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
1.78 tb 188: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch">
1.1 deraadt 189: The 2nd source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
190: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
191: <p>
1.86 deraadt 192:
1.67 bentley 193: <li id="kill">
1.86 deraadt 194: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 195: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
197: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
198: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
199: problems of various kinds.
1.78 tb 200: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: The fourth revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
202: available.</a>
203: <p>
1.86 deraadt 204:
1.67 bentley 205: <li id="immutable">
1.86 deraadt 206: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 207: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 208: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
209: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
210: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
1.17 pvalchev 211: writable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
1.1 deraadt 212: when writes happen to the file.
1.78 tb 213: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch">
1.1 deraadt 214: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
215: <p>
1.86 deraadt 216:
1.67 bentley 217: <li id="ipsec">
1.86 deraadt 218: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 219: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
221: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
222: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.78 tb 223: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
225: <p>
1.86 deraadt 226:
1.67 bentley 227: <li id="xterm-xaw">
1.86 deraadt 228: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 229: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
1.85 bentley 231: overrun problems in <b>xterm</b> related to the input-Method,
1.1 deraadt 232: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
1.85 bentley 233: the <b>Xaw</b> library related to the inputMethod and
1.1 deraadt 234: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
235: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
236: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
237: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
238: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
239: these problems.
1.78 tb 240: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
242: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
243: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
1.85 bentley 244: <b>/usr/X11R6</b> using the command
245: <b>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</b>.
1.1 deraadt 246: The files are...
1.78 tb 247: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz">i386</a>,
248: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz">alpha</a>,
249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz">mac68k</a>,
250: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz">
1.1 deraadt 251: mvme68k</a>,
1.78 tb 252: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz">hp300</a>,
253: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz">sparc</a>,
254: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz">pmax</a>,
1.1 deraadt 255: and
1.78 tb 256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz">arc</a>.
1.1 deraadt 257: <p>
1.86 deraadt 258:
1.67 bentley 259: <li id="pctr">
1.86 deraadt 260: <strong>015: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 261: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
262: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
263: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
264: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
265: <p>
1.86 deraadt 266: <li><strong>016: CORRUPTED FILE</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 267: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
268: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.78 tb 269: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz">
270: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
1.1 deraadt 271: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
272: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
273: <ul>
274: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
275: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
276: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
277: </ul>
278: <p>
1.86 deraadt 279:
1.67 bentley 280: <li id="pcvt">
1.86 deraadt 281: <strong>017: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
283: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
284: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
285: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
286: and plugging it back in.
1.78 tb 287: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
289: <p>
1.86 deraadt 290: <li><strong>018: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
292: (ie. Sparc Classic).
1.78 tb 293: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch">
1.1 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
295: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
1.78 tb 296: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd">bsd</a> and
297: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3">bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.1 deraadt 298: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
1.78 tb 299: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc">also available</a>.
1.1 deraadt 300: <p>
1.86 deraadt 301: <li><strong>019: MINOR INCOMPATIBILITY</strong><br>
1.58 deraadt 302: The AmigaOS patch
1.1 deraadt 303: <a href="http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/sys/PoolMem.lha">PoolMem</a>
304: improves AmigaOS memory handling tremendously, but confuses loadbsd, which
305: grabs less memory from the system than is available. To work around the
306: problem, be sure to execute
307: <pre>
308: PoolMem remove
309: </pre>
310: right before running loadbsd. The next release of loadbsd will probably be
311: PoolMem-aware.
312: <p>
1.86 deraadt 313: <li><strong>020: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
315: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
1.85 bentley 316: changes, mostly in <b>xdm(1)</b> configuration, were made
1.1 deraadt 317: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
318: <p>
1.86 deraadt 319: <li><strong>021: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 320: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
321: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
322: <p>
1.31 henning 323: <pre>
324: cd /usr/lib/
325: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
326: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 327: <p>
1.86 deraadt 328: <li><strong>022: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 329: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
330: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
331: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
332: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
333: <p>
1.31 henning 334: <pre>
335: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
336: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 337: <p>
1.86 deraadt 338: <li><strong>023: INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 339: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
340: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
341: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
342: <p>
1.31 henning 343: <pre>
344: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
345: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
346: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 347: <p>
1.86 deraadt 348: <li><strong>024: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 349: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
350: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
1.85 bentley 351: changes, mostly in <b>xdm(1)</b> configuration, were made
1.1 deraadt 352: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
353: <p>
1.86 deraadt 354: <li><strong>025: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 355: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
356: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
357: <p>
1.31 henning 358: <pre>
359: cd /usr/lib/
360: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
361: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 362: <p>
1.86 deraadt 363: <li><strong>026: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 364: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
365: there really is no such option.
366: <p>
1.86 deraadt 367: <li><strong>027: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 368: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
369: there really is no such option.
370: <p>
1.86 deraadt 371: <li><strong>028: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.17 pvalchev 372: Unlabeled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
1.1 deraadt 373: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
374: <p>
1.86 deraadt 375: <li><strong>029: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 376: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
377: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
1.58 deraadt 378: <a href="errata22.html#rmjob">rmjob</a> and
1.28 naddy 379: <a href="errata22.html#uucpd">uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
1.1 deraadt 380: the system if those subsystems are used.
381: <p>
1.59 deraadt 382:
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384:
1.68 tedu 385: <hr>
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