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1.100 deraadt 76: <a href="errata69.html">6.9</a>.
1.1 deraadt 77: <hr>
78:
1.63 deraadt 79: <p>
1.85 tj 80: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
81: Each patch contains usage instructions.
82: All the following patches are also available in one
83: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
84: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 85:
86: <p>
1.85 tj 87: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 88: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 89:
1.1 deraadt 90: <hr>
91:
92: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 93:
94: <li id="zsconsole">
95: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
96: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
97: cause great grief.<br>
98: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
101:
102: <li id="skey">
103: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 104: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 105: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
106: that kind of important.<br>
107: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 109: <p>
1.95 deraadt 110:
111: <li id="qe">
112: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
113: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
114: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 116: <p>
1.95 deraadt 117:
118: <li id="rijndael">
119: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 120: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 121: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
122: and swap encryption.<br>
123: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
124: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 126: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 127: <p>
1.95 deraadt 128:
129: <li id="ftpd">
130: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 131: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 132: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
133: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 135: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li id="pcibios">
139: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
140: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
141: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
142: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
143: <ul>
144: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
145: option "boot -c".
146: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
147: <blockquote><pre>
148: UKC> disable pcibios
149: UKC> quit<!--
150: --></pre></blockquote>
151: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
152: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
153: permanently.
154: </ul>
1.10 aaron 155: <p>
1.95 deraadt 156:
157: <li id="x_sun3">
158: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
159: The X packages
160: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
161: and
162: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
163: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
164: added post-install by using the following command:
165: <pre>
166: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
167: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
168: </pre>
169: <p>
170:
171: <li id="kerberos">
172: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 173: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 174: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
175: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
176: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
177: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
178: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
179: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
180: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
181: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
182: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
183: machines immediately.<p>
184: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 186: <p>
1.95 deraadt 187:
188: <li id="kerberos2">
189: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 190: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 191: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
192: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 194: <p>
1.95 deraadt 195:
196: <li id="fastroute">
197: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 198: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 199: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
200: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 202: <p>
1.95 deraadt 203:
204: <li id="hwcrypto">
205: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 206: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 207: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
208: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
209: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 211: <p>
1.95 deraadt 212:
213: <li id="imacdv">
214: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
215: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
216: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
217: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 219: <p>
1.95 deraadt 220:
221: <li id="procfs">
222: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 223: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 224: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/mount_procfs.8">Procfs</a> contained numerous overflows, which could lead an intruder to root permissions. Procfs is NOT enabled by default in OpenBSD. <br>
225: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 227: <p>
1.95 deraadt 228:
229: <li id="xlock">
230: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 231: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 232: Improve xlock(1)'s authentication by authenticating via a pipe in an early forked process. No known vulnerability exists, this is just a precautionary patch.<br>
233: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 234: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 235: <p>
1.95 deraadt 236: In addition to a source code patch, new xlock binaries have been created for each architecture listed below. Place these binaries at <i>/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>
237: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
238: <p>
239: <ul>
240: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
241: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
242: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
243: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
244: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
245: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
246: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
247: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 248: <p>
1.95 deraadt 249:
250: <li id="pms">
251: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
252: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
253: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 254: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 255: <p>
1.95 deraadt 256:
257: <li id="tl">
258: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 259: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 260: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
261: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 263: <p>
1.95 deraadt 264:
265: <li id="rnd">
266: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 267: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 268: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/random.4">rnd(4)</a> device does not use all of its input when data is written to it.<br>
269: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 270: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 271: <p>
1.95 deraadt 272:
1.70 bentley 273: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 274: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 275: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 276: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 277: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 278: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 279: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 281: <p>
1.95 deraadt 282:
283: <li id="lepci">
284: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 285: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 286: Fix memory allocation in the PCI LANCE driver, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/le.4">le</a>. A side effect of this is that OpenBSD under VMWare now works again.<br>
287: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 289: <p>
1.95 deraadt 290:
291: <li id="libwrap">
292: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 293: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 294: Client side ident protocol was broken in libwrap, affecting anything using libwrap including <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/tcpd.8">tcpd</a>. The effect of this was that libwrap would never retrieve and log ident values from remote hosts on connections.<br>
295: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 296: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 297: <p>
1.95 deraadt 298:
299: <li id="sudo">
300: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
301: <i>All architectures</i><br>
302: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
303: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
304: <br>
305: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
307: <p>
1.95 deraadt 308:
309: <li id="userldt">
310: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
311: The <b>USER_LDT</b> kernel option allows an attacker to gain access to privileged areas of kernel memory. This option is not on by default.
312: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 314: <p>
1.95 deraadt 315:
316: <li id="ipsec_ah">
317: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 318: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 319: Insufficient checks in the IPSEC AH IPv4 option handling code can lead to a buffer overrun leading to a remote DoS. This option is not on by default.<br>
320: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 322: <p>
1.95 deraadt 323:
324: <li id="readline">
325: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
326: <i>All architectures</i><br>
327: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
328: with a permissive
329: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
330: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
331: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
332: application is mysql).<br>
333: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 334: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
335: <p>
1.95 deraadt 336:
337: <li id="glob">
338: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 339: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 340: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
341: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 342: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 343: <p>
1.95 deraadt 344:
345: <li id="glob_limit">
346: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 347: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 348: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">ftpd(8)</a> has a potential DoS related to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a>. This patch introduces a GLOB_LIMIT, eliminating the DoS. You must have <a href="#glob">025_glob.patch</a> installed before installing this patch.<br>
349: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 350: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 351: <p>
1.95 deraadt 352:
353: <li id="ipf_frag">
354: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 355: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 356: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
357: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 358: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 359: <p>
1.95 deraadt 360:
361: <li id="sendmail">
362: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 363: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 364: The signal handlers in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
365: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
366: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
367: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
368: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 369: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 370: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 371: <p>
1.95 deraadt 372:
373: <li id="fts">
374: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 375: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 376: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
377: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
378: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
379: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
380: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
381: opposed to descending into them.
382: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 383: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 384: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 385: <p>
1.95 deraadt 386:
387: <li id="kernexec">
388: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 389: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 390: A race condition exists in the kernel <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/execve.2">execve(2)</a> implementation that opens a small window of vulnerability for a non-privileged user to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/ptrace.2">ptrace(2)</a> attach to a suid/sgid process.
391: <br>
392: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 393: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 394: <p>
1.95 deraadt 395:
396: <li id="sendmail2">
397: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
398: <i>All architectures</i><br>
399: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
400: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
401: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
402: <br>
403: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 404: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
405: <p>
1.95 deraadt 406:
407: <li id="lpd">
408: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 409: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 410: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
411: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
412: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
413: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
414: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
415: may be used to mount an attack.
416: <br>
417: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 418: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
419: <p>
1.95 deraadt 420:
421: <li id="uucp">
422: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
423: <i>All architectures</i><br>
424: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
425: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
426: use this to gain root access.
427: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
428: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
429: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
430: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
431: <br>
432: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 433: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
434: <p>
1.82 deraadt 435:
1.1 deraadt 436: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 437:
1.71 tedu 438: <hr>
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