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81:
1.14 ericj 82: <p>
1.79 tj 83: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
84: Each patch contains usage instructions.
85: All the following patches are also available in one
86: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
87: for convenience.
1.61 deraadt 88:
89: <p>
1.79 tj 90: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.80 tj 91: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.14 ericj 92:
1.1 deraadt 93: <hr>
94:
95: <ul>
1.86 deraadt 96:
1.67 bentley 97: <li id="bootpd">
1.86 deraadt 98: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 99: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.5 deraadt 100: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
101: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.78 tb 102: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/bootpd.patch">
1.61 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: This is the second version of the patch.
1.5 deraadt 105: <p>
1.86 deraadt 106:
1.67 bentley 107: <li id="tcpfix">
1.86 deraadt 108: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 109: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 110: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.78 tb 111: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.2 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.86 deraadt 114:
1.67 bentley 115: <li id="atapi">
1.86 deraadt 116: <strong>003: HARDWARE SUPPORT</strong>
1.64 deraadt 117: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: Some ATAPI cdroms which do not support the full mandatory command set,
119: (e.g. ATAPI_READ_CD_CAPACITY) do not work with the acd(4) driver.
120: A patch is
1.78 tb 121: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/acd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: available here.</a>
123: <p>
1.86 deraadt 124:
1.67 bentley 125: <li id="chpass">
1.86 deraadt 126: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: Chpass(1) has a file descriptor leak which allows an
129: attacker to modify /etc/master.passwd.
1.78 tb 130: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/chpass.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.88 schwarze 132: For more details, see the
133: <a href="advisories/nai_28_chpass.txt">Network Associates advisory</a>.
1.1 deraadt 134: <p>
1.86 deraadt 135:
1.67 bentley 136: <li id="resid">
1.86 deraadt 137: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 138: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.43 tobias 139: Calling readv(2) with iov_len < 0 or > INT_MAX would result in a
1.1 deraadt 140: kernel panic. This is the third revision of this patch.
1.78 tb 141: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resid.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.86 deraadt 144:
1.67 bentley 145: <li id="inetd">
1.86 deraadt 146: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 147: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: Inetd had a file descriptor leak. A patch is
1.78 tb 149: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/inetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: available here.</a>
151: <p>
1.86 deraadt 152:
1.67 bentley 153: <li id="unionfs">
1.86 deraadt 154: <strong>007: BUG FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 155: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: As shipped, unionfs had some serious problems.
1.78 tb 157: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/unionfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A patch is available to solve this</a>.
159: <p>
1.86 deraadt 160:
1.67 bentley 161: <li id="fdalloc">
1.86 deraadt 162: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 163: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: Some non-allocated file descriptors have implied uses according to
165: system libraries, and hence setuid and setgid processes should not
166: be executed with these descriptors unallocated. A patch which forces
167: setuid and setgid processes to have some descriptors in fd slots
1.58 deraadt 168: 0, 1, and 2 is
1.78 tb 169: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/fdalloc.patch">
1.1 deraadt 170: available here.</a>
171: <p>
1.86 deraadt 172:
1.67 bentley 173: <li id="resolver">
1.86 deraadt 174: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 175: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 deraadt 176: A benign looking buffer overflow in the resolver routines was re-introduced
177: accidentally. The previously fixed behaviour is more correct. A patch
178: to fix this is
1.78 tb 179: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/resolver.patch">
1.3 deraadt 180: available here.</a>
181: <p>
1.86 deraadt 182:
1.67 bentley 183: <li id="xlib">
1.86 deraadt 184: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 185: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: Vulnerabilities have been found in the X11, Xt, Xaw and Xmu
187: libraries. These affect xterm and all other setuid-root programs that
188: use these libraries. The problems are associated with buffer overflows
189: in code that processes user-supplied data. The Xt library problems
190: include those fixed in TOG's recent public patch 3 for X11R6.3. All
191: releases of XFree86 up to and including 3.3.2 patch 1 and the version
192: distributed with OpenBSD are vulnerable to some or all of these
193: problems.
194: These problems are fixed in XFree86 patch 2.
1.78 tb 195: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/XFree86-3.3.2.2.patch">
1.1 deraadt 196: The 2nd source patch</a> for these problems, specifically adapted to the
197: OpenBSD 2.3 X11 tree, is available now.
198: <p>
1.86 deraadt 199:
1.67 bentley 200: <li id="kill">
1.86 deraadt 201: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 202: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: The kill(2) system call previously would permit a large set of signals to
204: be delivered to setuid or setgid processes. If such processes were using
205: those signals in dubious ways, this could have resulted in security
206: problems of various kinds.
1.78 tb 207: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/kill.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: The fourth revision of a source code patch which solves the problem is
209: available.</a>
210: <p>
1.86 deraadt 211:
1.67 bentley 212: <li id="immutable">
1.86 deraadt 213: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 214: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
216: immutable or append-only files or character devices. The fix does not
217: permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
1.17 pvalchev 218: writable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
1.1 deraadt 219: when writes happen to the file.
1.78 tb 220: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.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="ipsec">
1.86 deraadt 225: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 226: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: If IPSEC communication is attempted by starting photurisd(8) (which is
228: disabled by default), a system crash may be evoked from remote if
229: an attacker uses some classes of invalid packets.
1.78 tb 230: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/ipsec.patch">
1.1 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
232: <p>
1.86 deraadt 233:
1.67 bentley 234: <li id="xterm-xaw">
1.86 deraadt 235: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.64 deraadt 236: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: As stated in CERT advisory VB-98.04, there are buffer
1.85 bentley 238: overrun problems in <b>xterm</b> related to the input-Method,
1.1 deraadt 239: preeditType, and *Keymap resources. Additional buffer overruns exist in
1.85 bentley 240: the <b>Xaw</b> library related to the inputMethod and
1.1 deraadt 241: preeditType resources. The xterm(1) problem represents a security
242: vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root
243: (as is the case for all OpenBSD platforms). The Xaw problem represents
244: a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw
245: library (including xterm). Patch1 from XFree86 3.3.2 corrects
246: these problems.
1.78 tb 247: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/xterm-xaw.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: We provide a version of this patch file specifically for the OpenBSD 2.3 tree</a>.
249: We also provide tar files which replace the xterm(1) binary and the libXaw
250: libraries on your system. These are expected to be extracted in
1.85 bentley 251: <b>/usr/X11R6</b> using the command
252: <b>"tar xvfpz Xawfix.tgz"</b>.
1.1 deraadt 253: The files are...
1.78 tb 254: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/Xawfix.tgz">i386</a>,
255: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/alpha/Xawfix.tgz">alpha</a>,
256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mac68k/Xawfix.tgz">mac68k</a>,
257: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/mvme68k/Xawfix.tgz">
1.1 deraadt 258: mvme68k</a>,
1.78 tb 259: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/hp300/Xawfix.tgz">hp300</a>,
260: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/Xawfix.tgz">sparc</a>,
261: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/pmax/Xawfix.tgz">pmax</a>,
1.1 deraadt 262: and
1.78 tb 263: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/arc/Xawfix.tgz">arc</a>.
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
1.86 deraadt 265:
1.67 bentley 266: <li id="pctr">
1.86 deraadt 267: <strong>015: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: The pctr(4) driver has bugs that permit any user to crash the machine,
269: if the CPU is not an Intel CPU. This problem has been properly fixed
270: since, but fixes are hard to apply to the 2.2 or 2.3 releases. To avoid
271: the problem, recompile your kernel without the pctr(4) device driver.
272: <p>
1.86 deraadt 273: <li><strong>016: CORRUPTED FILE</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 274: The CD version of the precompiled ghostscript package is corrupted and
275: not installable. The correct file can be retrieved by FTP from:
1.78 tb 276: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz">
277: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/ghostscript-5.10.tgz</a>.
1.1 deraadt 278: Its checksums (obtained with <i>cksum(1)</i>, <i>md5(1)</i> and
279: <i>sha1(1)</i> respectively) are:
280: <ul>
281: <li>725752890 3639338 ghostscript-5.10.tgz
282: <li>MD5 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = 3144ca814ad1965d671be2b7be3d3050
283: <li>SHA1 (ghostscript-5.10.tgz) = bd9374fa547ac0078d5207463d3b0a19d80d213c
284: </ul>
285: <p>
1.86 deraadt 286:
1.67 bentley 287: <li id="pcvt">
1.86 deraadt 288: <strong>017: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: The pcvt(4) console driver has a bug that can cause some keyboard
290: controllers to lock up when a key is pressed that toggles the status
291: of a keyboard LED (scroll lock, caps lock, etc). The problem is
292: generally intermittent and the keyboard can be "unlocked" by unplugging
293: and plugging it back in.
1.78 tb 294: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/i386/pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
296: <p>
1.86 deraadt 297: <li><strong>018: RELIABILITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: The 2.3 release does not run reliably on the sun4m LX/LC machines
299: (ie. Sparc Classic).
1.78 tb 300: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/iommureg.patch">
1.1 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: Two kernels which replace the ones in the release are also provided:
1.78 tb 303: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd">bsd</a> and
304: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc/bsd.scsi3">bsd.scsi3</a>.
1.1 deraadt 305: Other replacements for the 2.3 install tools are
1.78 tb 306: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/sparc">also available</a>.
1.1 deraadt 307: <p>
1.86 deraadt 308: <li><strong>019: MINOR INCOMPATIBILITY</strong><br>
1.58 deraadt 309: The AmigaOS patch
1.1 deraadt 310: <a href="http://us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/sys/PoolMem.lha">PoolMem</a>
311: improves AmigaOS memory handling tremendously, but confuses loadbsd, which
312: grabs less memory from the system than is available. To work around the
313: problem, be sure to execute
314: <pre>
315: PoolMem remove
316: </pre>
317: right before running loadbsd. The next release of loadbsd will probably be
318: PoolMem-aware.
319: <p>
1.86 deraadt 320: <li><strong>020: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
322: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
1.85 bentley 323: changes, mostly in <b>xdm(1)</b> configuration, were made
1.1 deraadt 324: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
325: <p>
1.86 deraadt 326: <li><strong>021: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 327: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
328: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
329: <p>
1.31 henning 330: <pre>
331: cd /usr/lib/
332: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
333: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 334: <p>
1.86 deraadt 335: <li><strong>022: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 336: The X11R5 server used in this port does not understand the default
337: authorization types used by the X11R6 clients, which results in no
338: clients being able to connect to the server. To fix this
339: problem add the line below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
340: <p>
1.31 henning 341: <pre>
342: DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
343: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 344: <p>
1.86 deraadt 345: <li><strong>023: INSTALLATION PROCESS FLAW</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 346: The pmax install does not correctly install the boot block.
347: To work around the problem, after the install program has finished, do
348: the following (assuming scsi id 0):
349: <p>
1.31 henning 350: <pre>
351: disklabel rz0 > /tmp/label
352: disklabel -R -B rz0 /tmp/label
353: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 354: <p>
1.86 deraadt 355: <li><strong>024: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 356: The XFree86 binary set shipped on the CD and FTP site are not the
357: exact final set that we shipped for the other releases. A few minor
1.85 bentley 358: changes, mostly in <b>xdm(1)</b> configuration, were made
1.1 deraadt 359: after those binaries were made. Patches for this might come out later.
360: <p>
1.86 deraadt 361: <li><strong>025: X11 RELEASE ERROR</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 362: The XFree86 binary set was linked with an older version of the C
363: library. To work around the problem, do the following as root.
364: <p>
1.31 henning 365: <pre>
366: cd /usr/lib/
367: ln -s libc.so.18.0 libc.so.17
368: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 369: <p>
1.86 deraadt 370: <li><strong>026: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 371: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
372: there really is no such option.
373: <p>
1.86 deraadt 374: <li><strong>027: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 375: When you start the install an upgrade option is advertised but
376: there really is no such option.
377: <p>
1.86 deraadt 378: <li><strong>028: RELEASE WARNING</strong><br>
1.17 pvalchev 379: Unlabeled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
1.1 deraadt 380: A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
381: <p>
1.86 deraadt 382: <li><strong>029: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 383: The powerpc release shipped on the OpenBSD 2.3 CD does not contain
384: two late fixes applied late in the release cycle. The
1.58 deraadt 385: <a href="errata22.html#rmjob">rmjob</a> and
1.28 naddy 386: <a href="errata22.html#uucpd">uucpd</a> patches should be applied to
1.1 deraadt 387: the system if those subsystems are used.
388: <p>
1.59 deraadt 389:
1.1 deraadt 390: </ul>
391:
1.68 tedu 392: <hr>
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