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1.1 deraadt 25:
26: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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69: <a href="errata60.html">6.0</a>.
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1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
72:
1.55 sthen 73: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 74: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
75: This file is updated once a day.
1.66 deraadt 76: <p>
1.1 deraadt 77:
1.66 deraadt 78: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 deraadt 79: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 80: <p>
1.1 deraadt 81:
1.66 deraadt 82: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
83: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.1 deraadt 84: <p>
1.66 deraadt 85:
1.1 deraadt 86: <hr>
87:
88: <ul>
1.73 bentley 89: <li id="readline">
1.69 deraadt 90: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
91: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.16 horacio 92: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
93: with a permissive
1.81 sthen 94: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 95: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
96: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
97: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
98: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
99: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.66 deraadt 100: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 102: <p>
1.73 bentley 103: <li id="sudo">
1.69 deraadt 104: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
105: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.20 millert 106: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.81 sthen 107: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 108: <br>
1.66 deraadt 109: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 111: <p>
1.73 bentley 112: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 113: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
114: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 millert 115: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 116: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 118: <p>
1.73 bentley 119: <li id="qe">
1.68 deraadt 120: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
121: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
122: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
1.73 bentley 125: <li id="sshforwarding">
1.69 deraadt 126: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.4 deraadt 128: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
129: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 130: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.73 bentley 133: <li id="zsconsole">
1.68 deraadt 134: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
135: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
136: cause great grief.<br>
137: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.73 bentley 140: <li id="execsubr">
1.69 deraadt 141: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font>
142: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 aaron 143: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.73 bentley 147: <li id="xtrans">
1.69 deraadt 148: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font>
149: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
151: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 152: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 153: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 154: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 155: <br>
1.55 sthen 156: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.73 bentley 159: <li id="httpd">
1.69 deraadt 160: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font>
161: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 162: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
163: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 164: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
165: (These modules are not active by default).
166: <br>
1.55 sthen 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.73 bentley 170: <li id="telnetd">
1.69 deraadt 171: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font>
172: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
174: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
175: <br>
1.55 sthen 176: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 177: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
178: <p>
1.73 bentley 179: <li id="sendmail">
1.69 deraadt 180: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font>
181: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 182: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
183: <br>
1.55 sthen 184: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
186: <p>
1.73 bentley 187: <li id="format_strings">
1.69 deraadt 188: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
189: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
191: <br>
1.55 sthen 192: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
194: <p>
1.73 bentley 195: <li id="curses">
1.69 deraadt 196: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
197: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
199: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
200: applications.
201: <br>
1.55 sthen 202: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
204: <p>
1.73 bentley 205: <li id="talkd">
1.69 deraadt 206: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
207: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 208: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
209: yet what the impact is.
210: <br>
1.55 sthen 211: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
213: <p>
1.73 bentley 214: <li id="pw_error">
1.69 deraadt 215: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font>
216: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
218: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
219: which disables its functionality, do
220: <pre>
221: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
222: </pre>
1.55 sthen 223: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
225: <p>
1.73 bentley 226: <li id="ipsec">
1.69 deraadt 227: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font>
228: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 230: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
232: <p>
1.73 bentley 233: <li id="xlock">
1.69 deraadt 234: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font>
235: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
237: its functionality, do
238: <pre>
239: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
240: </pre>
1.55 sthen 241: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
1.73 bentley 244: <li id="mac68k_arandom">
1.68 deraadt 245: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
246: <br>
247: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
248: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
249: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
250: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
251: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
252: <br>
253: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
254: commands as root:
255: <pre>
256: # cd /dev
257: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
258: </pre>
259: <p>
260: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
261: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
262: <p>
1.73 bentley 263: <li id="X11_libs">
1.69 deraadt 264: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
265: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
267: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
268: <ul>
1.33 naddy 269: <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 270: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
271: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 272: <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 273: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
274: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 275: <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 276: libICE DoS</a><br>
277: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 278: <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 279: Server overflow</a><br>
280: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
281: <br>
1.34 deraadt 282: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 283: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
284: </ul>
285: <br>
1.55 sthen 286: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 288: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
289: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
290: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
291: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
292: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
293: time /etc/weekly runs.
294: <p>
1.73 bentley 295: <li id="pmax_msgbuf">
1.68 deraadt 296: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
297: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
298: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
299: The necessary fixes have been merged,
300: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
301: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
302: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
303: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
304: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
305: <br>
306: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
308: <p>
1.73 bentley 309: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 310: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
311: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 312: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 313: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
314: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
315: <br>
1.55 sthen 316: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
318: <p>
1.73 bentley 319: <li id="mopd">
1.69 deraadt 320: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
321: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 322: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
323: <br>
1.55 sthen 324: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 325: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
326: <p>
1.73 bentley 327: <li id="screen">
1.69 deraadt 328: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
329: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 330: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
331: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
332: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 333: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
334: <br>
1.55 sthen 335: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 336: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
337: <p>
1.73 bentley 338: <li id="xlhash">
1.68 deraadt 339: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.81 sthen 340: The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 341: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
342: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
343: from working.
344: <br>
345: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
346: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
347: <p>
1.73 bentley 348: <li id="ste">
1.68 deraadt 349: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.81 sthen 350: The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 351: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
352: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
353: boot-time.
354: <br>
355: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
356: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
357: <p>
1.73 bentley 358: <li id="pcvt">
1.68 deraadt 359: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
360: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
361: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
362: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
363: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
364: <br>
365: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
366: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
367: This is the second revision of the patch.
368: <p>
1.73 bentley 369: <li id="libedit">
1.69 deraadt 370: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font>
371: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 372: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
373: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
374: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
375: <br>
1.55 sthen 376: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 377: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
378: <p>
1.73 bentley 379: <li id="dhclient">
1.69 deraadt 380: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font>
381: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 382: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
383: server to be executed in the shell as root.
384: <br>
1.55 sthen 385: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 386: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
387: <p>
1.73 bentley 388: <li id="if_an">
1.68 deraadt 389: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.81 sthen 390: The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 391: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.81 sthen 392: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
1.68 deraadt 393: <br>
394: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
395: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
396: <p>
1.73 bentley 397: <li id="amiga_cd">
1.68 deraadt 398: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
399: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
400: files for installation, ie:
401: <pre>
402: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
403: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
404: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
405: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
406: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
407: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
408: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
409: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
410: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
411: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
412: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
413: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
414: </pre>
415: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
416: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
417: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
418: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
419: <p>
1.73 bentley 420: <li id="isakmpd">
1.69 deraadt 421: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font>
422: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 423: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
424: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
425: <br>
1.55 sthen 426: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 427: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
428: <p>
1.73 bentley 429: <li id="msdosfs">
1.69 deraadt 430: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
431: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 432: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
433: <br>
1.55 sthen 434: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 435: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
436: <p>
1.73 bentley 437: <li id="cd9660">
1.69 deraadt 438: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
439: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 440: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
441: <br>
1.55 sthen 442: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 443: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
444: <p>
1.73 bentley 445: <li id="uselogin">
1.69 deraadt 446: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font>
447: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 448: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
449: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
450: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
451: <p>
1.73 bentley 452: <li id="ipopts">
1.69 deraadt 453: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
454: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 455: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
456: to crash the machine remote or locally.
457: <br>
1.55 sthen 458: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 459: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
460: <p>
1.73 bentley 461: <li id="route">
1.69 deraadt 462: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
463: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 464: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
465: <br>
1.55 sthen 466: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 467: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
468: <p>
1.73 bentley 469: <li id="bridge">
1.69 deraadt 470: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
471: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 472: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
473: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.81 sthen 474: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 475: <br>
1.55 sthen 476: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 477: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
478: <p>
1.73 bentley 479: <li id="ef">
1.69 deraadt 480: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
481: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 482: The
1.81 sthen 483: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 484: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
485: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 486: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 487: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
488: <p>
1.73 bentley 489: <li id="ipf">
1.69 deraadt 490: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
491: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 horacio 492: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 493: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 494: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.66 deraadt 495: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
496: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.1 deraadt 497: <p>
1.84 deraadt 498:
1.1 deraadt 499: </ul>
1.64 deraadt 500:
1.74 tedu 501: <hr>
502:
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