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23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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1.75 deraadt 62: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
63: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>.
1.30 deraadt 64: <br>
1.1 deraadt 65: <hr>
66:
1.55 sthen 67: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 68: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
69: This file is updated once a day.
1.66 deraadt 70: <p>
1.1 deraadt 71:
1.66 deraadt 72: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 deraadt 73: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 74: <p>
1.1 deraadt 75:
1.66 deraadt 76: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
77: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.1 deraadt 78: <p>
1.66 deraadt 79:
1.1 deraadt 80: <hr>
81:
82: <ul>
1.73 bentley 83: <li id="readline">
1.69 deraadt 84: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
85: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.16 horacio 86: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
87: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 88: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 89: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
90: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
91: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
92: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
93: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.66 deraadt 94: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 96: <p>
1.73 bentley 97: <li id="sudo">
1.69 deraadt 98: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
99: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.20 millert 100: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 102: <br>
1.66 deraadt 103: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 105: <p>
1.73 bentley 106: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 107: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
108: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 millert 109: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 110: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 112: <p>
1.73 bentley 113: <li id="qe">
1.68 deraadt 114: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
115: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
116: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.73 bentley 119: <li id="sshforwarding">
1.69 deraadt 120: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
121: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.4 deraadt 122: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
123: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 124: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.73 bentley 127: <li id="zsconsole">
1.68 deraadt 128: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
129: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
130: cause great grief.<br>
131: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.73 bentley 134: <li id="execsubr">
1.69 deraadt 135: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font>
136: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 aaron 137: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 138: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.73 bentley 141: <li id="xtrans">
1.69 deraadt 142: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font>
143: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
145: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 146: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 147: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 148: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 149: <br>
1.55 sthen 150: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.73 bentley 153: <li id="httpd">
1.69 deraadt 154: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font>
155: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 156: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
157: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 158: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
159: (These modules are not active by default).
160: <br>
1.55 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.73 bentley 164: <li id="telnetd">
1.69 deraadt 165: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font>
166: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
168: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
169: <br>
1.55 sthen 170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.73 bentley 173: <li id="sendmail">
1.69 deraadt 174: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font>
175: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
177: <br>
1.55 sthen 178: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
1.73 bentley 181: <li id="format_strings">
1.69 deraadt 182: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
183: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 184: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
185: <br>
1.55 sthen 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
188: <p>
1.73 bentley 189: <li id="curses">
1.69 deraadt 190: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
191: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
193: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
194: applications.
195: <br>
1.55 sthen 196: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
198: <p>
1.73 bentley 199: <li id="talkd">
1.69 deraadt 200: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
201: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
203: yet what the impact is.
204: <br>
1.55 sthen 205: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
207: <p>
1.73 bentley 208: <li id="pw_error">
1.69 deraadt 209: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font>
210: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 211: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
212: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
213: which disables its functionality, do
214: <pre>
215: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
216: </pre>
1.55 sthen 217: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
219: <p>
1.73 bentley 220: <li id="ipsec">
1.69 deraadt 221: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font>
222: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 223: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 224: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
226: <p>
1.73 bentley 227: <li id="xlock">
1.69 deraadt 228: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font>
229: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
231: its functionality, do
232: <pre>
233: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
234: </pre>
1.55 sthen 235: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 236: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
237: <p>
1.73 bentley 238: <li id="mac68k_arandom">
1.68 deraadt 239: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
240: <br>
241: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
242: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
243: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
244: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
245: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
246: <br>
247: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
248: commands as root:
249: <pre>
250: # cd /dev
251: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
252: </pre>
253: <p>
254: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
255: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
256: <p>
1.73 bentley 257: <li id="X11_libs">
1.69 deraadt 258: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
259: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 260: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
261: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
262: <ul>
1.33 naddy 263: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-05-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0005181947210.17658-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 264: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
265: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 266: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 267: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
268: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 269: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192220220.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 270: libICE DoS</a><br>
271: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 272: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.10004161835150.863-100000@localhost">
1.1 deraadt 273: Server overflow</a><br>
274: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
275: <br>
1.34 deraadt 276: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 277: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
278: </ul>
279: <br>
1.55 sthen 280: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 282: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
283: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
284: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
285: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
286: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
287: time /etc/weekly runs.
288: <p>
1.73 bentley 289: <li id="pmax_msgbuf">
1.68 deraadt 290: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
291: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
292: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
293: The necessary fixes have been merged,
294: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
295: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
296: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
297: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
298: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
299: <br>
300: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: <p>
1.73 bentley 303: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 304: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
305: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 306: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 307: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
308: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
309: <br>
1.55 sthen 310: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
1.73 bentley 313: <li id="mopd">
1.69 deraadt 314: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
315: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 316: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
317: <br>
1.55 sthen 318: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
320: <p>
1.73 bentley 321: <li id="screen">
1.69 deraadt 322: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
323: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 324: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
325: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
326: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 327: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
328: <br>
1.55 sthen 329: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
331: <p>
1.73 bentley 332: <li id="xlhash">
1.68 deraadt 333: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
334: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
335: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
336: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
337: from working.
338: <br>
339: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
340: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
341: <p>
1.73 bentley 342: <li id="ste">
1.68 deraadt 343: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
344: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
345: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
346: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
347: boot-time.
348: <br>
349: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
350: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
351: <p>
1.73 bentley 352: <li id="pcvt">
1.68 deraadt 353: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
354: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
355: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
356: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
357: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
358: <br>
359: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
360: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
361: This is the second revision of the patch.
362: <p>
1.73 bentley 363: <li id="libedit">
1.69 deraadt 364: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font>
365: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 366: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
367: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
368: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
369: <br>
1.55 sthen 370: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 371: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
372: <p>
1.73 bentley 373: <li id="dhclient">
1.69 deraadt 374: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font>
375: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 376: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
377: server to be executed in the shell as root.
378: <br>
1.55 sthen 379: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 380: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
381: <p>
1.73 bentley 382: <li id="if_an">
1.68 deraadt 383: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
384: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
385: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
386: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
387: <br>
388: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
389: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
390: <p>
1.73 bentley 391: <li id="amiga_cd">
1.68 deraadt 392: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
393: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
394: files for installation, ie:
395: <pre>
396: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
397: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
398: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
399: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
400: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
401: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
402: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
403: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
404: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
405: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
406: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
407: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
408: </pre>
409: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
410: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
411: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
412: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
413: <p>
1.73 bentley 414: <li id="isakmpd">
1.69 deraadt 415: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font>
416: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 417: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
418: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
419: <br>
1.55 sthen 420: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 421: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
422: <p>
1.73 bentley 423: <li id="msdosfs">
1.69 deraadt 424: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
425: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 426: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
427: <br>
1.55 sthen 428: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 429: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
430: <p>
1.73 bentley 431: <li id="cd9660">
1.69 deraadt 432: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
433: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 434: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
435: <br>
1.55 sthen 436: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 437: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
438: <p>
1.73 bentley 439: <li id="uselogin">
1.69 deraadt 440: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font>
441: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 442: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
443: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
444: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
445: <p>
1.73 bentley 446: <li id="ipopts">
1.69 deraadt 447: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
448: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 449: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
450: to crash the machine remote or locally.
451: <br>
1.55 sthen 452: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 453: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
454: <p>
1.73 bentley 455: <li id="route">
1.69 deraadt 456: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
457: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 458: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
459: <br>
1.55 sthen 460: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 461: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
462: <p>
1.73 bentley 463: <li id="bridge">
1.69 deraadt 464: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
465: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 466: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
467: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 468: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 469: <br>
1.55 sthen 470: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 471: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
472: <p>
1.73 bentley 473: <li id="ef">
1.69 deraadt 474: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
475: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 476: The
1.33 naddy 477: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 478: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
479: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 480: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 481: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
482: <p>
1.73 bentley 483: <li id="ipf">
1.69 deraadt 484: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
485: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 horacio 486: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 487: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 488: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.66 deraadt 489: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
490: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.1 deraadt 491: <p>
492: </ul>
493: <p>
1.64 deraadt 494:
1.74 tedu 495: <hr>
496:
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