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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.5 release errata & patch list:
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1.6 jason 23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.18 deraadt 24: <br>
1.19 deraadt 25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.18 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</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>,
1.22 deraadt 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.23 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.27 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.28 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.29 deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.30 deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.31 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.32 ! deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
! 44: <a href="errata.html">4.0</a>.
1.18 deraadt 45: <br>
1.1 deraadt 46: <hr>
47:
1.21 naddy 48: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5.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:
1.7 ericj 52: <p>
1.20 deraadt 53: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.7 ericj 54: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
55:
1.1 deraadt 56: <hr>
1.24 henning 57: <a name="all"></a>
58: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.9 jufi 59: <ul>
1.24 henning 60: <li><a name="cron"></a>
61: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 30, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 62: In cron(8), make sure argv[] is NULL terminated in the fake popen() and
63: run sendmail as the user, not as root.
1.21 naddy 64: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/012_cron.patch">
1.1 deraadt 65: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
66: <p>
1.24 henning 67: <li><a name="miscfs"></a>
68: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 69: The procfs and fdescfs filesystems had an overrun in their handling
70: of uio_offset in their readdir() routines. (These filesystems are not
71: enabled by default).
1.21 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/011_miscfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.24 henning 75: <li><a name="profil"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 77: Stop profiling (see profil(2)) when we execve() a new process.
1.21 naddy 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/010_profil.patch">
1.1 deraadt 79: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
80: <p>
1.24 henning 81: <li><a name="ipsec_in_use"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 6, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 83: Packets that should have been handled by IPsec may be transmitted
84: as cleartext. PF_KEY SA expirations may leak kernel resources.
85: <a
1.21 naddy 86: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/009_ipsec_in_use.patch">
1.1 deraadt 87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
88: <p>
1.24 henning 89: <li><a name="rc"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 5, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 91: In /etc/rc, use mktemp(1) for motd re-writing, and change the find(1)
92: to use -execdir.
1.21 naddy 93: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/008_rc.patch">
1.1 deraadt 94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
95: <p>
1.24 henning 96: <li><a name="chflags"></a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Jul 30, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 98: Do not permit regular users to chflags(2) or fchflags(2) on character or
99: block devices which they may currently be the owner of.
1.21 naddy 100: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/007_chflags.patch">
1.1 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
102: <p>
1.24 henning 103: <li><a name="nroff"></a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Jul 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: Cause groff(1) to be invoked with the -S flag, when called by nroff(1),
106: to avoid various groff features which may be security issues. On the
107: whole, this is not really a security issue, but it was discussed on
108: BUGTRAQ as if it is.
1.21 naddy 109: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/006_nroff.patch">
1.1 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.24 henning 112: <li><a name="fts"></a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: Programs using fts(3) could dump core when given a directory structure
115: with a very large number of entries.
1.21 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/005_fts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.24 henning 119: <li><a name="tcpsack"></a>
120: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: Sequence numbers could wrap with TCP_SACK and TCP_NEWRENO, resulting in
122: failure to retransmit correctly.
1.21 naddy 123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/004_tcpsack.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.24 henning 126: <li><a name="ipsec1"></a>
127: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: Retransmitted TCP packets could get corrupted when flowing over an
129: IPSEC ESP tunnel.
1.21 naddy 130: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/003_espdata.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.24 henning 133: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
134: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
136: from an ext2fs partition.
1.21 naddy 137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/002_bmap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.24 henning 140: <li><a name="pfkey"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: PF_KEY socket operations leak internal kernel resources, so that a
1.11 jsyn 143: system running an IPsec key management daemon like photurisd or isakmpd
1.1 deraadt 144: will cause the networking subsystem to stop working after a finite amount
145: of time.
1.21 naddy 146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/001_pfkey.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: </ul>
149: <p>
1.24 henning 150: <a name="i386"></a>
151: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.5 deraadt 152: <ul>
1.24 henning 153: <li><a name="y2k"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>Y2K FIX: Aug 30, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 155: This patch corrects various OpenBSD/i386 2.5 problems with Y2K. The 2.6
156: release (released at 1 Dec 1999) has this problem solved. This patch is
157: just a workaround.
1.21 naddy 158: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/i386/014_y2k.patch">
1.3 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.24 henning 161: <li><a name="brooktree"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 163: If a user opened the brooktree device on a system where it did not exist,
164: the kernel crashed.
1.21 naddy 165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/i386/013_brooktree.patch">
1.2 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.1 deraadt 168: </ul>
1.24 henning 169: <a name="mac68k"></a>
170: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 171: <ul>
1.24 henning 172: <li><a name="macutils"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>INSTALL PROBLEM</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: The mac68k install utils were mistakenly left off the CD and out of
175: the FTP install directories. These tools have now been added to the
176: FTP install directories. See
1.21 naddy 177: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils">
1.1 deraadt 178: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils</a>
179: <p>
180: </ul>
181: <p>
1.24 henning 182: <a name="sparc"></a>
183: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 184: <ul>
185: <li>No problems identified yet.
186: </ul>
187: <p>
1.24 henning 188: <a name="amiga"></a>
189: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 190: <ul>
191: <li>No problems identified yet.
192: </ul>
193: <p>
1.24 henning 194: <a name="pmax"></a>
195: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 196: <ul>
197: <li>No problems identified yet.
198: </ul>
199: <p>
1.24 henning 200: <a name="arc"></a>
201: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 202: <ul>
203: <li>No problems identified yet.
204: </ul>
205: <p>
1.24 henning 206: <a name="alpha"></a>
207: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 208: <ul>
209: <li>No problems identified yet.
210: </ul>
211: <p>
1.24 henning 212: <a name="hp300"></a>
213: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 214: <ul>
215: <li>No problems identified yet.
216: </ul>
217: <p>
1.24 henning 218: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
219: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 220: <ul>
221: <li>No problems identified yet.
222: </ul>
223: <p>
1.24 henning 224: <a name="powerpc"></a>
225: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 226: <ul>
1.24 henning 227: <li><a name="powerpc_trap"></a>
228: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: Two problems in the powerpc kernel trap handling cause severe system
230: unreliability.
1.21 naddy 231: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/powerpc/001_trap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a>
233: <p>
234: </ul>
235:
236: <br>
237:
238: <hr>
1.6 jason 239: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.18 deraadt 240: <br>
1.19 deraadt 241: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.18 deraadt 242: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
243: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
244: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
245: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
246: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
247: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
248: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
249: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
250: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
251: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.22 deraadt 252: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.23 david 253: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.27 david 254: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.28 miod 255: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.29 deraadt 256: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.30 deraadt 257: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.31 deraadt 258: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.32 ! deraadt 259: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
! 260: <a href="errata.html">4.0</a>.
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