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1.30 deraadt 66: <br>
1.1 deraadt 67: <hr>
68:
1.55 sthen 69: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 70: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
71: This file is updated once a day.
1.66 deraadt 72: <p>
1.1 deraadt 73:
1.66 deraadt 74: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 deraadt 75: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 76: <p>
1.1 deraadt 77:
1.66 deraadt 78: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
79: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.1 deraadt 80: <p>
1.66 deraadt 81:
1.1 deraadt 82: <hr>
83:
84: <ul>
1.73 bentley 85: <li id="readline">
1.69 deraadt 86: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
87: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.16 horacio 88: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
89: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 91: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
92: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
93: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
94: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
95: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.66 deraadt 96: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 98: <p>
1.73 bentley 99: <li id="sudo">
1.69 deraadt 100: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
101: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.20 millert 102: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 103: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 104: <br>
1.66 deraadt 105: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 107: <p>
1.73 bentley 108: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 109: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
110: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 millert 111: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 112: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 114: <p>
1.73 bentley 115: <li id="qe">
1.68 deraadt 116: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
117: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.73 bentley 121: <li id="sshforwarding">
1.69 deraadt 122: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
123: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.4 deraadt 124: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
125: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 126: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.73 bentley 129: <li id="zsconsole">
1.68 deraadt 130: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
131: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
132: cause great grief.<br>
133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.73 bentley 136: <li id="execsubr">
1.69 deraadt 137: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font>
138: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 aaron 139: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 140: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.73 bentley 143: <li id="xtrans">
1.69 deraadt 144: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font>
145: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
147: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 148: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 149: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 150: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 151: <br>
1.55 sthen 152: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.73 bentley 155: <li id="httpd">
1.69 deraadt 156: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font>
157: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 158: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
159: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 160: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
161: (These modules are not active by default).
162: <br>
1.55 sthen 163: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <p>
1.73 bentley 166: <li id="telnetd">
1.69 deraadt 167: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font>
168: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
170: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
171: <br>
1.55 sthen 172: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
174: <p>
1.73 bentley 175: <li id="sendmail">
1.69 deraadt 176: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font>
177: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
179: <br>
1.55 sthen 180: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <p>
1.73 bentley 183: <li id="format_strings">
1.69 deraadt 184: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
185: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
187: <br>
1.55 sthen 188: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
190: <p>
1.73 bentley 191: <li id="curses">
1.69 deraadt 192: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
193: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
195: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
196: applications.
197: <br>
1.55 sthen 198: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
200: <p>
1.73 bentley 201: <li id="talkd">
1.69 deraadt 202: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
203: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 204: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
205: yet what the impact is.
206: <br>
1.55 sthen 207: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
209: <p>
1.73 bentley 210: <li id="pw_error">
1.69 deraadt 211: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font>
212: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 213: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
214: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
215: which disables its functionality, do
216: <pre>
217: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
218: </pre>
1.55 sthen 219: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
221: <p>
1.73 bentley 222: <li id="ipsec">
1.69 deraadt 223: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font>
224: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 226: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
228: <p>
1.73 bentley 229: <li id="xlock">
1.69 deraadt 230: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font>
231: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 232: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
233: its functionality, do
234: <pre>
235: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
236: </pre>
1.55 sthen 237: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
239: <p>
1.73 bentley 240: <li id="mac68k_arandom">
1.68 deraadt 241: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
242: <br>
243: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
244: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
245: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
246: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
247: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
248: <br>
249: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
250: commands as root:
251: <pre>
252: # cd /dev
253: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
254: </pre>
255: <p>
256: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
257: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
258: <p>
1.73 bentley 259: <li id="X11_libs">
1.69 deraadt 260: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
261: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 262: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
263: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
264: <ul>
1.33 naddy 265: <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 266: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
267: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 268: <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 269: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
270: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 271: <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 272: libICE DoS</a><br>
273: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 274: <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 275: Server overflow</a><br>
276: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
277: <br>
1.34 deraadt 278: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 279: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
280: </ul>
281: <br>
1.55 sthen 282: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 284: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
285: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
286: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
287: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
288: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
289: time /etc/weekly runs.
290: <p>
1.73 bentley 291: <li id="pmax_msgbuf">
1.68 deraadt 292: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
293: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
294: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
295: The necessary fixes have been merged,
296: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
297: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
298: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
299: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
300: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
301: <br>
302: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
303: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
304: <p>
1.73 bentley 305: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 306: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
307: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 308: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 309: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
310: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
311: <br>
1.55 sthen 312: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
1.73 bentley 315: <li id="mopd">
1.69 deraadt 316: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
317: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 318: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
319: <br>
1.55 sthen 320: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
322: <p>
1.73 bentley 323: <li id="screen">
1.69 deraadt 324: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
325: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 326: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
327: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
328: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 329: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
330: <br>
1.55 sthen 331: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 332: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
333: <p>
1.73 bentley 334: <li id="xlhash">
1.68 deraadt 335: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
336: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
337: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
338: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
339: from working.
340: <br>
341: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
342: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
343: <p>
1.73 bentley 344: <li id="ste">
1.68 deraadt 345: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
346: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
347: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
348: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
349: boot-time.
350: <br>
351: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
352: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
353: <p>
1.73 bentley 354: <li id="pcvt">
1.68 deraadt 355: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
356: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
357: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
358: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
359: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
360: <br>
361: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
362: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
363: This is the second revision of the patch.
364: <p>
1.73 bentley 365: <li id="libedit">
1.69 deraadt 366: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font>
367: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 368: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
369: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
370: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
371: <br>
1.55 sthen 372: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 373: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
374: <p>
1.73 bentley 375: <li id="dhclient">
1.69 deraadt 376: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font>
377: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 378: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
379: server to be executed in the shell as root.
380: <br>
1.55 sthen 381: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 382: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
383: <p>
1.73 bentley 384: <li id="if_an">
1.68 deraadt 385: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
386: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
387: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
388: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
389: <br>
390: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
391: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
392: <p>
1.73 bentley 393: <li id="amiga_cd">
1.68 deraadt 394: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
395: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
396: files for installation, ie:
397: <pre>
398: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
399: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
400: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
401: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
402: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
403: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
404: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
405: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
406: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
407: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
408: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
409: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
410: </pre>
411: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
412: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
413: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
414: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
415: <p>
1.73 bentley 416: <li id="isakmpd">
1.69 deraadt 417: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font>
418: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 419: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
420: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
421: <br>
1.55 sthen 422: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 423: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
424: <p>
1.73 bentley 425: <li id="msdosfs">
1.69 deraadt 426: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
427: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 428: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
429: <br>
1.55 sthen 430: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 431: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
432: <p>
1.73 bentley 433: <li id="cd9660">
1.69 deraadt 434: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
435: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 436: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
437: <br>
1.55 sthen 438: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 439: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
440: <p>
1.73 bentley 441: <li id="uselogin">
1.69 deraadt 442: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font>
443: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 444: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
445: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
446: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
447: <p>
1.73 bentley 448: <li id="ipopts">
1.69 deraadt 449: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
450: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 451: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
452: to crash the machine remote or locally.
453: <br>
1.55 sthen 454: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 455: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
456: <p>
1.73 bentley 457: <li id="route">
1.69 deraadt 458: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
459: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 460: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
461: <br>
1.55 sthen 462: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 463: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
464: <p>
1.73 bentley 465: <li id="bridge">
1.69 deraadt 466: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
467: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 468: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
469: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 470: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 471: <br>
1.55 sthen 472: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 473: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
474: <p>
1.73 bentley 475: <li id="ef">
1.69 deraadt 476: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
477: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 478: The
1.33 naddy 479: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 480: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
481: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 482: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 483: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
484: <p>
1.73 bentley 485: <li id="ipf">
1.69 deraadt 486: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
487: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 horacio 488: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 489: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 490: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.66 deraadt 491: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
492: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.1 deraadt 493: <p>
494: </ul>
495: <p>
1.64 deraadt 496:
1.74 tedu 497: <hr>
498:
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