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20: 2.7 Errata
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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.31 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
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32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 36: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 37: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 38: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 39: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.65 deraadt 40: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
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1.44 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 48: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 deraadt 49: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.54 deraadt 50: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.56 deraadt 51: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.57 miod 52: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.58 nick 53: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.59 sthen 54: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.60 deraadt 55: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.61 deraadt 56: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.62 deraadt 57: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.65 deraadt 58: <br>
1.63 deraadt 59: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
1.71 jsg 60: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
1.75 deraadt 61: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
1.78 deraadt 62: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
1.79 deraadt 63: <a href="errata58.html">5.8</a>,
1.84 deraadt 64: <a href="errata59.html">5.9</a>,
1.87 tj 65: <a href="errata60.html">6.0</a>,
1.91 deraadt 66: <a href="errata61.html">6.1</a>,
1.92 deraadt 67: <a href="errata62.html">6.2</a>,
1.93 deraadt 68: <a href="errata63.html">6.3</a>,
1.94 deraadt 69: <a href="errata64.html">6.4</a>,
70: <a href="errata65.html">6.5</a>.
1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
72:
1.66 deraadt 73: <p>
1.87 tj 74: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
75: Each patch contains usage instructions.
76: All the following patches are also available in one
77: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
78: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 79:
80: <p>
1.87 tj 81: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.88 tj 82: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 83:
1.1 deraadt 84: <hr>
85:
86: <ul>
1.96 ! deraadt 87:
! 88: <li id="ipf">
! 89: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
! 90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 91: A misuse of ipf(8)
! 92: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
! 93: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
! 94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 95: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
! 96: <p>
! 97:
! 98: <li id="ef">
! 99: <strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 100: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 101: The
! 102: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ef.4">ef(4)</a>
! 103: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
! 104: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
! 105: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.66 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 107: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 108:
! 109: <li id="bridge">
! 110: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 111: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 112: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
! 113: go directly to the machine acting as a
! 114: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/bridge.4">bridge</a>.
1.21 jufi 115: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 116: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.66 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 118: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 119:
! 120: <li id="route">
! 121: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 122: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 123: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
! 124: <br>
! 125: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.66 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 127: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 128:
! 129: <li id="ipopts">
! 130: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong>
! 131: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 132: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
! 133: to crash the machine remote or locally.
! 134: <br>
! 135: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.68 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 138:
! 139: <li id="uselogin">
! 140: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 141: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 142: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
! 143: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
! 144: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.3 deraadt 145: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 146:
! 147: <li id="cd9660">
! 148: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong>
! 149: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 150: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
! 151: <br>
! 152: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.68 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 155:
! 156: <li id="msdosfs">
! 157: <strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 158: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 159: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
! 160: <br>
! 161: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.2 aaron 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 164:
! 165: <li id="isakmpd">
! 166: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 167: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 168: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
! 169: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
1.1 deraadt 170: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 171: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
173: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 174:
! 175: <li id="amiga_cd">
! 176: <strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong><br>
! 177: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
! 178: files for installation, ie:
! 179: <pre>
! 180: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
! 181: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
! 182: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
! 183: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
! 184: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
! 185: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
! 186: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
! 187: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
! 188: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
! 189: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
! 190: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
! 191: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
! 192: </pre>
! 193: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
! 194: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
! 195: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
! 196: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
! 197: <p>
! 198:
! 199: <li id="if_an">
! 200: <strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong><br>
! 201: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/an.4">an(4)</a>
! 202: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
! 203: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ancontrol.8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
1.1 deraadt 204: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 205: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
207: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 208:
! 209: <li id="dhclient">
! 210: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 211: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 212: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
! 213: server to be executed in the shell as root.
1.1 deraadt 214: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 215: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
217: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 218:
! 219: <li id="libedit">
! 220: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 221: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 222: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
! 223: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
! 224: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
1.1 deraadt 225: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 226: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
228: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 229:
! 230: <li id="pcvt">
! 231: <strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong><br>
! 232: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
! 233: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
! 234: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
! 235: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
1.1 deraadt 236: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 237: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 ! deraadt 239: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 241:
! 242: <li id="ste">
! 243: <strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong><br>
! 244: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ste.4">ste(4)</a>
! 245: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
! 246: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
! 247: boot-time.
1.1 deraadt 248: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 252:
! 253: <li id="xlhash">
! 254: <strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong><br>
! 255: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/xl.4">xl(4)</a>
! 256: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
! 257: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
! 258: from working.
1.1 deraadt 259: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 260: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 263:
! 264: <li id="screen">
! 265: <strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 266: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 267: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
! 268: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
! 269: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
! 270: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
! 271: <br>
! 272: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 275:
! 276: <li id="mopd">
! 277: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 278: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 279: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
! 280: <br>
! 281: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
283: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 284:
! 285: <li id="ftpd2">
! 286: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 287: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 288: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
! 289: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
! 290: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
! 291: <br>
! 292: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
294: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 295:
! 296: <li id="pmax_msgbuf">
! 297: <strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong><br>
! 298: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
! 299: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
! 300: The necessary fixes have been merged,
! 301: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
! 302: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
! 303: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
! 304: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
! 305: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
1.68 deraadt 306: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 307: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
! 308: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.68 deraadt 309: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 310:
1.73 bentley 311: <li id="X11_libs">
1.95 bentley 312: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 313: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
315: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
316: <ul>
1.33 naddy 317: <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 318: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
319: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 320: <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 321: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
322: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 323: <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 324: libICE DoS</a><br>
325: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 326: <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 327: Server overflow</a><br>
328: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
329: <br>
1.34 deraadt 330: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 331: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
332: </ul>
333: <br>
1.86 tb 334: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 335: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 bentley 336: <b>Note 1:</b> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
337: <b>Note 2:</b> When re-building use the command
338: 'make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
1.1 deraadt 339: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
340: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
1.96 ! deraadt 341: time /etc/weekly runs.
! 342: <p>
! 343:
! 344: <li id="mac68k_arandom">
! 345: <strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong>
! 346: <br>
! 347: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
! 348: devices, specifically it does not make the <code>/dev/arandom</code> device
! 349: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
! 350: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
! 351: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
! 352: <br>
! 353: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
! 354: commands as root:
! 355: <pre>
! 356: # cd /dev
! 357: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
! 358: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 359: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 360: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
! 361: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
1.68 deraadt 362: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 363:
! 364: <li id="xlock">
! 365: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 366: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 367: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
! 368: its functionality, do
! 369: <pre>
! 370: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
! 371: </pre>
! 372: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 373: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
374: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 375:
! 376: <li id="ipsec">
! 377: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 378: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 379: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
! 380: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 381: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
382: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 383:
! 384: <li id="pw_error">
! 385: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 386: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 387: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
! 388: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
! 389: which disables its functionality, do
! 390: <pre>
! 391: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
! 392: </pre>
! 393: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 394: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
395: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 396:
! 397: <li id="talkd">
! 398: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong>
! 399: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 400: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
! 401: yet what the impact is.
1.68 deraadt 402: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 403: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.68 deraadt 404: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
405: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 406:
! 407: <li id="curses">
! 408: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong>
! 409: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 410: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
! 411: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
! 412: applications.
1.68 deraadt 413: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 414: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.68 deraadt 415: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
416: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 417:
! 418: <li id="format_strings">
! 419: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong>
! 420: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 421: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
1.68 deraadt 422: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 423: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.68 deraadt 424: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
425: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 426:
! 427: <li id="sendmail">
! 428: <strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 429: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 430: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
1.1 deraadt 431: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 432: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 433: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
434: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 435:
! 436: <li id="telnetd">
! 437: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 438: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 439: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
! 440: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
1.1 deraadt 441: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 442: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 443: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
444: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 445:
! 446: <li id="httpd">
! 447: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong>
! 448: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 449: Apache has several bugs in <code>mod_rewrite</code> and <code>mod_vhost_alias</code>
! 450: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
! 451: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
! 452: (These modules are not active by default).
1.68 deraadt 453: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 454: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.68 deraadt 455: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
456: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 457:
! 458: <li id="xtrans">
! 459: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 460: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 461: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
! 462: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
! 463: reported to the
! 464: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
! 465: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 466: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 467: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 468: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
469: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 470:
! 471: <li id="execsubr">
! 472: <strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 473: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 474: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
! 475: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.1 deraadt 476: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
477: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 478:
! 479: <li id="zsconsole">
! 480: <strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
! 481: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
! 482: cause great grief.<br>
! 483: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.1 deraadt 484: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
485: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 486:
! 487: <li id="sshforwarding">
! 488: <strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 489: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 490: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
! 491: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
! 492: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
! 493: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 494: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 495:
! 496: <li id="qe">
! 497: <strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
! 498: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
! 499: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.1 deraadt 500: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
501: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 502:
! 503: <li id="ftpd">
! 504: <strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 505: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 506: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
! 507: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 508: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
509: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 510:
! 511: <li id="sudo">
! 512: <strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 513: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 514: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
! 515: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
1.1 deraadt 516: <br>
1.96 ! deraadt 517: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
1.1 deraadt 518: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
519: <p>
1.96 ! deraadt 520:
! 521: <li id="readline">
! 522: <strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 523: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 ! deraadt 524: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
! 525: with a permissive
! 526: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
! 527: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
! 528: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
! 529: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
! 530: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
! 531: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
! 532: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
1.66 deraadt 533: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 534: <p>
1.84 deraadt 535:
1.1 deraadt 536: </ul>
1.64 deraadt 537:
1.74 tedu 538: <hr>
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