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81:
1.63 deraadt 82: <p>
1.85 tj 83: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
84: Each patch contains usage instructions.
85: All the following patches are also available in one
86: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
87: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 88:
89: <p>
1.85 tj 90: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 91: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 92:
1.1 deraadt 93: <hr>
94:
95: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 96:
97: <li id="zsconsole">
98: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
99: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
100: cause great grief.<br>
101: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
102: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
103: <p>
104:
105: <li id="skey">
106: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 107: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 108: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
109: that kind of important.<br>
110: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 112: <p>
1.95 deraadt 113:
114: <li id="qe">
115: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
116: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
117: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 119: <p>
1.95 deraadt 120:
121: <li id="rijndael">
122: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 123: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 124: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
125: and swap encryption.<br>
126: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
127: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 129: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 130: <p>
1.95 deraadt 131:
132: <li id="ftpd">
133: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 134: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 135: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
136: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 138: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
139: <p>
140:
141: <li id="pcibios">
142: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
143: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
144: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
145: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
146: <ul>
147: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
148: option "boot -c".
149: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
150: <blockquote><pre>
151: UKC> disable pcibios
152: UKC> quit<!--
153: --></pre></blockquote>
154: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
155: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
156: permanently.
157: </ul>
1.10 aaron 158: <p>
1.95 deraadt 159:
160: <li id="x_sun3">
161: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
162: The X packages
163: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
164: and
165: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
166: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
167: added post-install by using the following command:
168: <pre>
169: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
170: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
171: </pre>
172: <p>
173:
174: <li id="kerberos">
175: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 176: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 177: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
178: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
179: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
180: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
181: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
182: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
183: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
184: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
185: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
186: machines immediately.<p>
187: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 189: <p>
1.95 deraadt 190:
191: <li id="kerberos2">
192: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 193: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 194: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
195: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 197: <p>
1.95 deraadt 198:
199: <li id="fastroute">
200: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 201: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 202: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
203: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 205: <p>
1.95 deraadt 206:
207: <li id="hwcrypto">
208: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 209: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 210: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
211: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
212: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 214: <p>
1.95 deraadt 215:
216: <li id="imacdv">
217: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
218: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
219: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
220: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 222: <p>
1.95 deraadt 223:
224: <li id="procfs">
225: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 226: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 227: <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>
228: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 230: <p>
1.95 deraadt 231:
232: <li id="xlock">
233: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 234: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 235: 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>
236: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 238: <p>
1.95 deraadt 239: 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>
240: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
241: <p>
242: <ul>
243: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
244: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
245: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
246: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
247: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
248: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
249: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
250: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 251: <p>
1.95 deraadt 252:
253: <li id="pms">
254: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
255: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 258: <p>
1.95 deraadt 259:
260: <li id="tl">
261: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 262: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 263: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
264: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 266: <p>
1.95 deraadt 267:
268: <li id="rnd">
269: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 270: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 271: 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>
272: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 274: <p>
1.95 deraadt 275:
1.70 bentley 276: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 277: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 278: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 279: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 280: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 281: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 282: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 284: <p>
1.95 deraadt 285:
286: <li id="lepci">
287: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 288: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 289: 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>
290: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 292: <p>
1.95 deraadt 293:
294: <li id="libwrap">
295: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 296: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 297: 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>
298: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 299: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 300: <p>
1.95 deraadt 301:
302: <li id="sudo">
303: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
304: <i>All architectures</i><br>
305: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
306: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
307: <br>
308: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
310: <p>
1.95 deraadt 311:
312: <li id="userldt">
313: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
314: 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.
315: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 316: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 317: <p>
1.95 deraadt 318:
319: <li id="ipsec_ah">
320: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 321: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 322: 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>
323: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 324: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 325: <p>
1.95 deraadt 326:
327: <li id="readline">
328: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
329: <i>All architectures</i><br>
330: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
331: with a permissive
332: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
333: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
334: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
335: application is mysql).<br>
336: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 337: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
338: <p>
1.95 deraadt 339:
340: <li id="glob">
341: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 342: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 343: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
344: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 345: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 346: <p>
1.95 deraadt 347:
348: <li id="glob_limit">
349: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 350: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 351: <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>
352: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 353: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 354: <p>
1.95 deraadt 355:
356: <li id="ipf_frag">
357: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 358: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 359: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
360: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 361: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 362: <p>
1.95 deraadt 363:
364: <li id="sendmail">
365: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 366: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 367: 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
368: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
369: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
370: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
371: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 372: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 373: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 374: <p>
1.95 deraadt 375:
376: <li id="fts">
377: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 378: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 379: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
380: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
381: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
382: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
383: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
384: opposed to descending into them.
385: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 386: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 387: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 388: <p>
1.95 deraadt 389:
390: <li id="kernexec">
391: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 392: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 393: 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.
394: <br>
395: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 396: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 397: <p>
1.95 deraadt 398:
399: <li id="sendmail2">
400: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
401: <i>All architectures</i><br>
402: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
403: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
404: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
405: <br>
406: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 407: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
408: <p>
1.95 deraadt 409:
410: <li id="lpd">
411: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 412: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 413: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
414: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
415: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
416: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
417: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
418: may be used to mount an attack.
419: <br>
420: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 421: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
422: <p>
1.95 deraadt 423:
424: <li id="uucp">
425: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
426: <i>All architectures</i><br>
427: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
428: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
429: use this to gain root access.
430: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
431: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
432: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
433: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
434: <br>
435: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 436: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
437: <p>
1.82 deraadt 438:
1.1 deraadt 439: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 440:
1.71 tedu 441: <hr>
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