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1.1 deraadt 23:
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1.1 deraadt 81: <hr>
82:
1.63 deraadt 83: <p>
1.85 tj 84: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
85: Each patch contains usage instructions.
86: All the following patches are also available in one
87: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
88: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 89:
90: <p>
1.85 tj 91: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 92: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 93:
1.1 deraadt 94: <hr>
95:
96: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 97:
98: <li id="zsconsole">
99: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
100: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
101: cause great grief.<br>
102: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
105:
106: <li id="skey">
107: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 108: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 109: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
110: that kind of important.<br>
111: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 113: <p>
1.95 deraadt 114:
115: <li id="qe">
116: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
117: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
118: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 120: <p>
1.95 deraadt 121:
122: <li id="rijndael">
123: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 124: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 125: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
126: and swap encryption.<br>
127: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
128: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 130: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 131: <p>
1.95 deraadt 132:
133: <li id="ftpd">
134: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 135: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 136: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
137: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 139: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
140: <p>
141:
142: <li id="pcibios">
143: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
144: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
145: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
146: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
147: <ul>
148: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
149: option "boot -c".
150: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
151: <blockquote><pre>
152: UKC> disable pcibios
153: UKC> quit<!--
154: --></pre></blockquote>
155: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
156: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
157: permanently.
158: </ul>
1.10 aaron 159: <p>
1.95 deraadt 160:
161: <li id="x_sun3">
162: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
163: The X packages
164: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
165: and
166: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
167: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
168: added post-install by using the following command:
169: <pre>
170: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
171: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
172: </pre>
173: <p>
174:
175: <li id="kerberos">
176: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 177: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 178: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
179: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
180: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
181: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
182: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
183: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
184: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
185: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
186: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
187: machines immediately.<p>
188: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 190: <p>
1.95 deraadt 191:
192: <li id="kerberos2">
193: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 194: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 195: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
196: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 198: <p>
1.95 deraadt 199:
200: <li id="fastroute">
201: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 202: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 203: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
204: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 205: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 206: <p>
1.95 deraadt 207:
208: <li id="hwcrypto">
209: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 210: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 211: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
212: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
213: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 214: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 215: <p>
1.95 deraadt 216:
217: <li id="imacdv">
218: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
219: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
220: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
221: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 223: <p>
1.95 deraadt 224:
225: <li id="procfs">
226: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 227: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 228: <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>
229: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 231: <p>
1.95 deraadt 232:
233: <li id="xlock">
234: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 235: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 236: 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>
237: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
1.95 deraadt 240: 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>
241: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
242: <p>
243: <ul>
244: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
245: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
246: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
247: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
248: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
249: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
250: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
251: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 252: <p>
1.95 deraadt 253:
254: <li id="pms">
255: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
256: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
257: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
1.95 deraadt 260:
261: <li id="tl">
262: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 263: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 264: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
265: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 267: <p>
1.95 deraadt 268:
269: <li id="rnd">
270: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 271: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 272: 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>
273: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 274: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 275: <p>
1.95 deraadt 276:
1.70 bentley 277: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 278: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 279: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 280: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 281: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 282: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 283: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 285: <p>
1.95 deraadt 286:
287: <li id="lepci">
288: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 289: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 290: 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>
291: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 293: <p>
1.95 deraadt 294:
295: <li id="libwrap">
296: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 297: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 298: 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>
299: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 301: <p>
1.95 deraadt 302:
303: <li id="sudo">
304: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
305: <i>All architectures</i><br>
306: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
307: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
308: <br>
309: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 310: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
311: <p>
1.95 deraadt 312:
313: <li id="userldt">
314: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
315: 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.
316: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 318: <p>
1.95 deraadt 319:
320: <li id="ipsec_ah">
321: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 322: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 323: 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>
324: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 325: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 326: <p>
1.95 deraadt 327:
328: <li id="readline">
329: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
330: <i>All architectures</i><br>
331: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
332: with a permissive
333: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
334: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
335: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
336: application is mysql).<br>
337: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 338: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
339: <p>
1.95 deraadt 340:
341: <li id="glob">
342: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 343: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 344: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
345: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 346: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 347: <p>
1.95 deraadt 348:
349: <li id="glob_limit">
350: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 351: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 352: <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>
353: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 354: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 355: <p>
1.95 deraadt 356:
357: <li id="ipf_frag">
358: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 359: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 360: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
361: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 362: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 363: <p>
1.95 deraadt 364:
365: <li id="sendmail">
366: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 367: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 368: 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
369: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
370: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
371: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
372: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 373: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 374: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 375: <p>
1.95 deraadt 376:
377: <li id="fts">
378: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 379: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 380: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
381: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
382: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
383: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
384: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
385: opposed to descending into them.
386: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 387: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 388: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 389: <p>
1.95 deraadt 390:
391: <li id="kernexec">
392: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 393: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 394: 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.
395: <br>
396: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 397: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 398: <p>
1.95 deraadt 399:
400: <li id="sendmail2">
401: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
402: <i>All architectures</i><br>
403: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
404: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
405: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
406: <br>
407: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 408: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
409: <p>
1.95 deraadt 410:
411: <li id="lpd">
412: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 413: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 414: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
415: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
416: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
417: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
418: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
419: may be used to mount an attack.
420: <br>
421: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 422: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
423: <p>
1.95 deraadt 424:
425: <li id="uucp">
426: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
427: <i>All architectures</i><br>
428: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
429: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
430: use this to gain root access.
431: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
432: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
433: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
434: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
435: <br>
436: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 437: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
438: <p>
1.82 deraadt 439:
1.1 deraadt 440: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 441:
1.71 tedu 442: <hr>
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