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1.1 deraadt 23:
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! 81: <a href="errata74.html">7.4</a>.
1.1 deraadt 82: <hr>
83:
1.63 deraadt 84: <p>
1.85 tj 85: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
86: Each patch contains usage instructions.
87: All the following patches are also available in one
88: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
89: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 90:
91: <p>
1.85 tj 92: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 93: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 94:
1.1 deraadt 95: <hr>
96:
97: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 98:
99: <li id="zsconsole">
100: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
101: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
102: cause great grief.<br>
103: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
106:
107: <li id="skey">
108: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 109: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 110: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
111: that kind of important.<br>
112: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 114: <p>
1.95 deraadt 115:
116: <li id="qe">
117: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
118: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
119: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 121: <p>
1.95 deraadt 122:
123: <li id="rijndael">
124: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 125: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 126: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
127: and swap encryption.<br>
128: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
129: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 131: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 132: <p>
1.95 deraadt 133:
134: <li id="ftpd">
135: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 136: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 137: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
138: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 140: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
141: <p>
142:
143: <li id="pcibios">
144: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
145: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
146: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
147: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
148: <ul>
149: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
150: option "boot -c".
151: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
152: <blockquote><pre>
153: UKC> disable pcibios
154: UKC> quit<!--
155: --></pre></blockquote>
156: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
157: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
158: permanently.
159: </ul>
1.10 aaron 160: <p>
1.95 deraadt 161:
162: <li id="x_sun3">
163: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
164: The X packages
165: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
166: and
167: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
168: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
169: added post-install by using the following command:
170: <pre>
171: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
172: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
173: </pre>
174: <p>
175:
176: <li id="kerberos">
177: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 178: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 179: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
180: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
181: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
182: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
183: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
184: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
185: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
186: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
187: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
188: machines immediately.<p>
189: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 191: <p>
1.95 deraadt 192:
193: <li id="kerberos2">
194: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 195: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 196: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
197: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 198: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 199: <p>
1.95 deraadt 200:
201: <li id="fastroute">
202: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 203: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 204: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
205: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 207: <p>
1.95 deraadt 208:
209: <li id="hwcrypto">
210: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 211: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 212: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
213: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
214: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 216: <p>
1.95 deraadt 217:
218: <li id="imacdv">
219: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
220: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
221: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
222: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 224: <p>
1.95 deraadt 225:
226: <li id="procfs">
227: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 228: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 229: <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>
230: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 232: <p>
1.95 deraadt 233:
234: <li id="xlock">
235: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 236: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 237: 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>
238: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
1.95 deraadt 241: 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>
242: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
243: <p>
244: <ul>
245: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
246: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
247: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
248: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
249: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
250: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
251: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
252: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 253: <p>
1.95 deraadt 254:
255: <li id="pms">
256: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
257: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
258: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 260: <p>
1.95 deraadt 261:
262: <li id="tl">
263: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 264: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 265: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
266: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 268: <p>
1.95 deraadt 269:
270: <li id="rnd">
271: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 272: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 273: 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>
274: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 276: <p>
1.95 deraadt 277:
1.70 bentley 278: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 279: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 280: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 281: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 282: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 283: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 284: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 286: <p>
1.95 deraadt 287:
288: <li id="lepci">
289: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 290: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 291: 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>
292: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 294: <p>
1.95 deraadt 295:
296: <li id="libwrap">
297: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 298: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 299: 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>
300: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 302: <p>
1.95 deraadt 303:
304: <li id="sudo">
305: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
306: <i>All architectures</i><br>
307: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
308: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
309: <br>
310: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
1.95 deraadt 313:
314: <li id="userldt">
315: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
316: 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.
317: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 318: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 319: <p>
1.95 deraadt 320:
321: <li id="ipsec_ah">
322: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 323: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 324: 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>
325: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 327: <p>
1.95 deraadt 328:
329: <li id="readline">
330: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
331: <i>All architectures</i><br>
332: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
333: with a permissive
334: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
335: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
336: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
337: application is mysql).<br>
338: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 339: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
340: <p>
1.95 deraadt 341:
342: <li id="glob">
343: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 344: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 345: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
346: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 347: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 348: <p>
1.95 deraadt 349:
350: <li id="glob_limit">
351: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 352: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 353: <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>
354: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 355: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 356: <p>
1.95 deraadt 357:
358: <li id="ipf_frag">
359: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 360: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 361: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
362: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 363: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 364: <p>
1.95 deraadt 365:
366: <li id="sendmail">
367: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 368: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 369: 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
370: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
371: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
372: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
373: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 374: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 375: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 376: <p>
1.95 deraadt 377:
378: <li id="fts">
379: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 380: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 381: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
382: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
383: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
384: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
385: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
386: opposed to descending into them.
387: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 388: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 389: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 390: <p>
1.95 deraadt 391:
392: <li id="kernexec">
393: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 394: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 395: 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.
396: <br>
397: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 398: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 399: <p>
1.95 deraadt 400:
401: <li id="sendmail2">
402: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
403: <i>All architectures</i><br>
404: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
405: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
406: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
407: <br>
408: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 409: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
410: <p>
1.95 deraadt 411:
412: <li id="lpd">
413: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 414: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 415: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
416: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
417: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
418: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
419: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
420: may be used to mount an attack.
421: <br>
422: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 423: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
424: <p>
1.95 deraadt 425:
426: <li id="uucp">
427: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
428: <i>All architectures</i><br>
429: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
430: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
431: use this to gain root access.
432: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
433: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
434: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
435: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
436: <br>
437: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 438: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
439: <p>
1.82 deraadt 440:
1.1 deraadt 441: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 442:
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