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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>,
1.37 deraadt 41: <br>
1.30 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.31 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.32 deraadt 44: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.33 deraadt 45: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.35 merdely 46: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.36 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.37 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.39 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.40 deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.41 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.43 ! deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
! 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>.
1.18 deraadt 54: <br>
1.1 deraadt 55: <hr>
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1.42 sthen 57: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 58: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
59: This file is updated once a day.
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1.7 ericj 61: <p>
1.20 deraadt 62: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.7 ericj 63: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
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1.1 deraadt 65: <hr>
1.24 henning 66: <a name="all"></a>
67: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.9 jufi 68: <ul>
1.24 henning 69: <li><a name="cron"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 30, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 71: In cron(8), make sure argv[] is NULL terminated in the fake popen() and
72: run sendmail as the user, not as root.
1.42 sthen 73: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/012_cron.patch">
1.1 deraadt 74: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
75: <p>
1.24 henning 76: <li><a name="miscfs"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 78: The procfs and fdescfs filesystems had an overrun in their handling
79: of uio_offset in their readdir() routines. (These filesystems are not
80: enabled by default).
1.42 sthen 81: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/011_miscfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 82: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
83: <p>
1.24 henning 84: <li><a name="profil"></a>
85: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 86: Stop profiling (see profil(2)) when we execve() a new process.
1.42 sthen 87: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/010_profil.patch">
1.1 deraadt 88: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
89: <p>
1.24 henning 90: <li><a name="ipsec_in_use"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 6, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 92: Packets that should have been handled by IPsec may be transmitted
93: as cleartext. PF_KEY SA expirations may leak kernel resources.
94: <a
1.42 sthen 95: href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/009_ipsec_in_use.patch">
1.1 deraadt 96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
97: <p>
1.24 henning 98: <li><a name="rc"></a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Aug 5, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 100: In /etc/rc, use mktemp(1) for motd re-writing, and change the find(1)
101: to use -execdir.
1.42 sthen 102: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/008_rc.patch">
1.1 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.24 henning 105: <li><a name="chflags"></a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Jul 30, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 107: Do not permit regular users to chflags(2) or fchflags(2) on character or
108: block devices which they may currently be the owner of.
1.42 sthen 109: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/007_chflags.patch">
1.1 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.24 henning 112: <li><a name="nroff"></a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX: Jul 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: Cause groff(1) to be invoked with the -S flag, when called by nroff(1),
115: to avoid various groff features which may be security issues. On the
116: whole, this is not really a security issue, but it was discussed on
117: BUGTRAQ as if it is.
1.42 sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/006_nroff.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.24 henning 121: <li><a name="fts"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: Programs using fts(3) could dump core when given a directory structure
124: with a very large number of entries.
1.42 sthen 125: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/005_fts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.24 henning 128: <li><a name="tcpsack"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: May 19, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: Sequence numbers could wrap with TCP_SACK and TCP_NEWRENO, resulting in
131: failure to retransmit correctly.
1.42 sthen 132: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/004_tcpsack.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.24 henning 135: <li><a name="ipsec1"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: Retransmitted TCP packets could get corrupted when flowing over an
138: IPSEC ESP tunnel.
1.42 sthen 139: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/003_espdata.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.24 henning 142: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
145: from an ext2fs partition.
1.42 sthen 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/002_bmap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.24 henning 149: <li><a name="pfkey"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: PF_KEY socket operations leak internal kernel resources, so that a
1.11 jsyn 152: system running an IPsec key management daemon like photurisd or isakmpd
1.1 deraadt 153: will cause the networking subsystem to stop working after a finite amount
154: of time.
1.42 sthen 155: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/001_pfkey.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
157: </ul>
158: <p>
1.24 henning 159: <a name="i386"></a>
160: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.5 deraadt 161: <ul>
1.24 henning 162: <li><a name="y2k"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>Y2K FIX: Aug 30, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 164: This patch corrects various OpenBSD/i386 2.5 problems with Y2K. The 2.6
165: release (released at 1 Dec 1999) has this problem solved. This patch is
166: just a workaround.
1.42 sthen 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/i386/014_y2k.patch">
1.3 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.24 henning 170: <li><a name="brooktree"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 172: If a user opened the brooktree device on a system where it did not exist,
173: the kernel crashed.
1.42 sthen 174: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/i386/013_brooktree.patch">
1.2 deraadt 175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
176: <p>
1.1 deraadt 177: </ul>
1.24 henning 178: <a name="mac68k"></a>
179: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 180: <ul>
1.24 henning 181: <li><a name="macutils"></a>
182: <font color="#009000"><strong>INSTALL PROBLEM</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 183: The mac68k install utils were mistakenly left off the CD and out of
184: the FTP install directories. These tools have now been added to the
185: FTP install directories. See
1.42 sthen 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils">
187: http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils</a>
1.1 deraadt 188: <p>
189: </ul>
190: <p>
1.24 henning 191: <a name="sparc"></a>
192: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 193: <ul>
194: <li>No problems identified yet.
195: </ul>
196: <p>
1.24 henning 197: <a name="amiga"></a>
198: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 199: <ul>
200: <li>No problems identified yet.
201: </ul>
202: <p>
1.24 henning 203: <a name="pmax"></a>
204: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 205: <ul>
206: <li>No problems identified yet.
207: </ul>
208: <p>
1.24 henning 209: <a name="arc"></a>
210: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 211: <ul>
212: <li>No problems identified yet.
213: </ul>
214: <p>
1.24 henning 215: <a name="alpha"></a>
216: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 217: <ul>
218: <li>No problems identified yet.
219: </ul>
220: <p>
1.24 henning 221: <a name="hp300"></a>
222: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 223: <ul>
224: <li>No problems identified yet.
225: </ul>
226: <p>
1.24 henning 227: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
228: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 229: <ul>
230: <li>No problems identified yet.
231: </ul>
232: <p>
1.24 henning 233: <a name="powerpc"></a>
234: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 235: <ul>
1.24 henning 236: <li><a name="powerpc_trap"></a>
237: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 238: Two problems in the powerpc kernel trap handling cause severe system
239: unreliability.
1.42 sthen 240: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/powerpc/001_trap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a>
242: <p>
243: </ul>
244:
245: <br>
246:
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1.6 jason 248: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.18 deraadt 249: <br>
1.19 deraadt 250: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.18 deraadt 251: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
252: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
253: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
254: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
255: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
256: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
257: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
258: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
259: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
260: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.22 deraadt 261: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.23 david 262: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.27 david 263: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.28 miod 264: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.29 deraadt 265: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.37 deraadt 266: <br>
1.30 deraadt 267: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.31 deraadt 268: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.32 deraadt 269: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.33 deraadt 270: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.35 merdely 271: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.36 deraadt 272: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.37 deraadt 273: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.39 deraadt 274: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.40 deraadt 275: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.41 deraadt 276: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.43 ! deraadt 277: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
! 278: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>.
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