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All architectures

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All architectures

SECURITY FIX: Aug 30, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Aug 30, 1999
In cron(8), make sure argv[] is NULL terminated in the fake popen() and run sendmail as the user, not as root. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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SECURITY FIX: Aug 12, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Aug 12, 1999
The procfs and fdescfs filesystems had an overrun in their handling of uio_offset in their readdir() routines. (These filesystems are not enabled by default). A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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SECURITY FIX: Aug 9, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Aug 9, 1999
Stop profiling (see profil(2)) when we execve() a new process. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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SECURITY FIX: Aug 6, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Aug 6, 1999
Packets that should have been handled by IPsec may be transmitted as cleartext. PF_KEY SA expirations may leak kernel resources. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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SECURITY FIX: Aug 5, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Aug 5, 1999
In /etc/rc, use mktemp(1) for motd re-writing, and change the find(1) to use -execdir. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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SECURITY FIX: Jul 30, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Jul 30, 1999
Do not permit regular users to chflags(2) or fchflags(2) on character or block devices which they may currently be the owner of. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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SECURITY FIX: Jul 27, 1999
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+SECURITY FIX: Jul 27, 1999
Cause groff(1) to be invoked with the -S flag, when called by nroff(1), to avoid various groff features which may be security issues. On the whole, this is not really a security issue, but it was discussed on @@ -104,36 +103,36 @@ A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999
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+RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999
Programs using fts(3) could dump core when given a directory structure with a very large number of entries. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999
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+RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999
Sequence numbers could wrap with TCP_SACK and TCP_NEWRENO, resulting in failure to retransmit correctly. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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RELIABILITY FIX
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+RELIABILITY FIX
Retransmitted TCP packets could get corrupted when flowing over an IPSEC ESP tunnel. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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RELIABILITY FIX
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+RELIABILITY FIX
A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg from an ext2fs partition. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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RELIABILITY FIX
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+RELIABILITY FIX
PF_KEY socket operations leak internal kernel resources, so that a system running an IPsec key management daemon like photurisd or isakmpd will cause the networking subsystem to stop working after a finite amount @@ -142,30 +141,30 @@ A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.

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i386

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i386

Y2K FIX: Aug 30, 1999
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+Y2K FIX: Aug 30, 1999
This patch corrects various OpenBSD/i386 2.5 problems with Y2K. The 2.6 release (released at 1 Dec 1999) has this problem solved. This patch is just a workaround. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.
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RELIABILITY FIX
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+RELIABILITY FIX
If a user opened the brooktree device on a system where it did not exist, the kernel crashed. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.

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mac68k

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mac68k

INSTALL PROBLEM
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+INSTALL PROBLEM
The mac68k install utils were mistakenly left off the CD and out of the FTP install directories. These tools have now been added to the FTP install directories. See @@ -174,53 +173,53 @@

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sparc

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sparc

No problems identified yet.

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amiga

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amiga

No problems identified yet.

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pmax

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pmax

No problems identified yet.

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arc

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arc

No problems identified yet.

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alpha

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alpha

No problems identified yet.

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hp300

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hp300

No problems identified yet.

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mvme68k

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mvme68k

No problems identified yet.

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powerpc

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powerpc

RELIABILITY FIX
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+RELIABILITY FIX
Two problems in the powerpc kernel trap handling cause severe system unreliability. @@ -228,8 +227,6 @@

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