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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.28 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
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1.27 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
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28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
30: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
31: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
32: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
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1.32 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.37 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.38 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
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1.62 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.41 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
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1.47 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.49 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
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1.98 deraadt 72: <a href="errata66.html">6.6</a>,
1.99 deraadt 73: <a href="errata67.html">6.7</a>,
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1.102 ! deraadt 76: <a href="errata69.html">6.9</a>,
! 77: <a href="errata70.html">7.0</a>.
1.1 deraadt 78: <hr>
79:
1.63 deraadt 80: <p>
1.85 tj 81: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
82: Each patch contains usage instructions.
83: All the following patches are also available in one
84: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
85: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 86:
87: <p>
1.85 tj 88: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 89: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 90:
1.1 deraadt 91: <hr>
92:
93: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 94:
95: <li id="zsconsole">
96: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
97: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
98: cause great grief.<br>
99: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
102:
103: <li id="skey">
104: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 105: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 106: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
107: that kind of important.<br>
108: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 110: <p>
1.95 deraadt 111:
112: <li id="qe">
113: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
114: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
115: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 117: <p>
1.95 deraadt 118:
119: <li id="rijndael">
120: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 121: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 122: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
123: and swap encryption.<br>
124: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
125: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 127: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 128: <p>
1.95 deraadt 129:
130: <li id="ftpd">
131: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 132: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 133: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
134: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 136: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
137: <p>
138:
139: <li id="pcibios">
140: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
141: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
142: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
143: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
144: <ul>
145: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
146: option "boot -c".
147: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
148: <blockquote><pre>
149: UKC> disable pcibios
150: UKC> quit<!--
151: --></pre></blockquote>
152: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
153: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
154: permanently.
155: </ul>
1.10 aaron 156: <p>
1.95 deraadt 157:
158: <li id="x_sun3">
159: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
160: The X packages
161: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
162: and
163: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
164: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
165: added post-install by using the following command:
166: <pre>
167: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
168: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
169: </pre>
170: <p>
171:
172: <li id="kerberos">
173: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 174: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 175: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
176: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
177: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
178: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
179: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
180: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
181: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
182: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
183: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
184: machines immediately.<p>
185: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 187: <p>
1.95 deraadt 188:
189: <li id="kerberos2">
190: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 191: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 192: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
193: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 195: <p>
1.95 deraadt 196:
197: <li id="fastroute">
198: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 199: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 200: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
201: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
1.95 deraadt 204:
205: <li id="hwcrypto">
206: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 207: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 208: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
209: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
210: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 212: <p>
1.95 deraadt 213:
214: <li id="imacdv">
215: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
216: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
217: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
218: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 220: <p>
1.95 deraadt 221:
222: <li id="procfs">
223: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 224: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 225: <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>
226: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 228: <p>
1.95 deraadt 229:
230: <li id="xlock">
231: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 232: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 233: 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>
234: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 235: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 236: <p>
1.95 deraadt 237: 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>
238: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
239: <p>
240: <ul>
241: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
242: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
243: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
244: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
245: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
246: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
247: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
248: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 249: <p>
1.95 deraadt 250:
251: <li id="pms">
252: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
253: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
254: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 256: <p>
1.95 deraadt 257:
258: <li id="tl">
259: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 260: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 261: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
262: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
1.95 deraadt 265:
266: <li id="rnd">
267: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 268: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 269: 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>
270: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 271: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 272: <p>
1.95 deraadt 273:
1.70 bentley 274: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 275: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 276: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 277: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 278: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 279: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 280: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 282: <p>
1.95 deraadt 283:
284: <li id="lepci">
285: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 286: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 287: 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>
288: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 290: <p>
1.95 deraadt 291:
292: <li id="libwrap">
293: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 294: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 295: 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>
296: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 297: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 298: <p>
1.95 deraadt 299:
300: <li id="sudo">
301: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
302: <i>All architectures</i><br>
303: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
304: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
305: <br>
306: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
308: <p>
1.95 deraadt 309:
310: <li id="userldt">
311: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
312: 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.
313: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 314: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 315: <p>
1.95 deraadt 316:
317: <li id="ipsec_ah">
318: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 319: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 320: 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>
321: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 323: <p>
1.95 deraadt 324:
325: <li id="readline">
326: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
327: <i>All architectures</i><br>
328: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
329: with a permissive
330: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
331: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
332: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
333: application is mysql).<br>
334: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 335: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
336: <p>
1.95 deraadt 337:
338: <li id="glob">
339: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 340: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 341: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
342: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 343: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 344: <p>
1.95 deraadt 345:
346: <li id="glob_limit">
347: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 348: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 349: <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>
350: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 351: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 352: <p>
1.95 deraadt 353:
354: <li id="ipf_frag">
355: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 356: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 357: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
358: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 359: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 360: <p>
1.95 deraadt 361:
362: <li id="sendmail">
363: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 364: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 365: 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
366: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
367: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
368: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
369: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 370: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 371: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 372: <p>
1.95 deraadt 373:
374: <li id="fts">
375: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 376: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 377: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
378: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
379: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
380: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
381: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
382: opposed to descending into them.
383: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 384: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 385: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 386: <p>
1.95 deraadt 387:
388: <li id="kernexec">
389: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 390: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 391: 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.
392: <br>
393: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 394: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 395: <p>
1.95 deraadt 396:
397: <li id="sendmail2">
398: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
399: <i>All architectures</i><br>
400: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
401: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
402: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
403: <br>
404: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 405: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
406: <p>
1.95 deraadt 407:
408: <li id="lpd">
409: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 410: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 411: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
412: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
413: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
414: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
415: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
416: may be used to mount an attack.
417: <br>
418: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 419: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
420: <p>
1.95 deraadt 421:
422: <li id="uucp">
423: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
424: <i>All architectures</i><br>
425: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
426: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
427: use this to gain root access.
428: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
429: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
430: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
431: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
432: <br>
433: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 434: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
435: <p>
1.82 deraadt 436:
1.1 deraadt 437: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 438:
1.71 tedu 439: <hr>
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