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1.1 deraadt 16: This is the OpenBSD 2.8 release errata & patch list:
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21: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.27 deraadt 22: <br>
1.28 deraadt 23: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.27 deraadt 24: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
25: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
26: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
27: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
32: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
33: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.31 deraadt 34: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.32 david 35: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.37 david 36: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.38 miod 37: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.39 deraadt 38: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.62 deraadt 39: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.47 deraadt 40: <br>
1.41 deraadt 41: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.42 deraadt 42: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.43 deraadt 43: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.45 merdely 44: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.46 deraadt 45: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.47 deraadt 46: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.49 deraadt 47: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.50 deraadt 48: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.51 deraadt 49: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.53 deraadt 50: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.54 miod 51: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.55 nick 52: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.56 sthen 53: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.57 deraadt 54: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.58 deraadt 55: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.59 deraadt 56: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.62 deraadt 57: <br>
1.60 deraadt 58: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.27 deraadt 60: <br>
1.1 deraadt 61: <hr>
62:
1.52 sthen 63: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 64: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
65: This file is updated once a day.
1.63 deraadt 66: <p>
1.1 deraadt 67:
1.63 deraadt 68: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 deraadt 69: <code>OPENBSD_2_8</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 70: <p>
1.1 deraadt 71:
1.63 deraadt 72: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
73: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.1 deraadt 74: <p>
1.63 deraadt 75:
1.1 deraadt 76: <hr>
77:
78: <ul>
1.33 henning 79: <li><a name="uucp"></a>
1.66 deraadt 80: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font>
81: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 82: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uuxqt&sektion=8">uuxqt(8)</a>
1.18 millert 83: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
84: use this to gain root access.
85: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
86: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
87: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
88: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
89: <br>
1.63 deraadt 90: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 92: <p>
1.33 henning 93: <li><a name="lpd"></a>
1.66 deraadt 94: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font>
95: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 96: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8">lpd(8)</a>
1.17 millert 97: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
98: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
99: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
100: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
101: may be used to mount an attack.
102: <br>
1.63 deraadt 103: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 105: <p>
1.33 henning 106: <li><a name="sendmail2"></a>
1.66 deraadt 107: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font>
108: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 109: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8">sendmail(8)</a>
1.14 millert 110: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
111: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.15 brad 112: <br>
1.63 deraadt 113: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.14 millert 115: <p>
1.33 henning 116: <li><a name="kernexec"></a>
1.66 deraadt 117: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
118: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 119: A race condition exists in the kernel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=execve&sektion=2&format=html">execve(2)</a> implementation that opens a small window of vulnerability for a non-privileged user to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2&format=html">ptrace(2)</a> attach to a suid/sgid process.
1.10 aaron 120: <br>
1.63 deraadt 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.10 aaron 123: <p>
1.33 henning 124: <li><a name="fts"></a>
1.66 deraadt 125: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font>
126: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 127: Programs using the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3&format=html">fts(3)</a>
1.4 millert 128: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
129: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
130: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
131: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
132: opposed to descending into them.
1.63 deraadt 133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.6 millert 135: This is the second version of the patch.
1.4 millert 136: <p>
1.33 henning 137: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
1.66 deraadt 138: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font>
139: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 140: The signal handlers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sen
1.30 naddy 141: dmail&sektion=8&format=html">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
1.3 millert 142: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
143: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
144: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
1.63 deraadt 145: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.3 millert 148: <p>
1.33 henning 149: <li><a name="ipf_frag"></a>
1.66 deraadt 150: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
151: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 miod 152: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
1.63 deraadt 153: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 155: <p>
1.33 henning 156: <li><a name="glob_limit"></a>
1.66 deraadt 157: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
158: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=glob&sektion=3">ftpd(8)</a> has a potential DoS related to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=glob&sektion=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>
1.63 deraadt 160: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
161: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 162: <p>
1.33 henning 163: <li><a name="glob"></a>
1.66 deraadt 164: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong></font>
165: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 166: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=glob&sektion=3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
1.63 deraadt 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 169: <p>
1.33 henning 170: <li><a name="readline"></a>
1.66 deraadt 171: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
172: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
174: with a permissive
1.30 naddy 175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 176: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
177: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
178: application is mysql).<br>
1.63 deraadt 179: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 181: <p>
1.33 henning 182: <li><a name="ipsec_ah"></a>
1.66 deraadt 183: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font>
184: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: 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>
1.63 deraadt 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 188: <p>
1.65 deraadt 189: <li><a name="userldt"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br>
191: 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.
192: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
194: <p>
1.33 henning 195: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
1.66 deraadt 196: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
197: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.8 millert 198: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.30 naddy 199: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.1 deraadt 200: <br>
1.63 deraadt 201: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
1.33 henning 204: <li><a name="libwrap"></a>
1.66 deraadt 205: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong></font>
206: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 207: Client side ident protocol was broken in libwrap, affecting anything using libwrap including <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpd&sektion=8">tcpd</a>. The effect of this was that libwrap would never retrieve and log ident values from remote hosts on connections.<br>
1.63 deraadt 208: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 210: <p>
1.33 henning 211: <li><a name="lepci"></a>
1.66 deraadt 212: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong></font>
213: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 214: Fix memory allocation in the PCI LANCE driver, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4&arch=i386">le</a>. A side effect of this is that OpenBSD under VMWare now works again.<br>
1.63 deraadt 215: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 217: <p>
1.33 henning 218: <li><a name="named"></a>
1.66 deraadt 219: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font>
220: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 221: Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 222: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 223: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.63 deraadt 224: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 226: <p>
1.33 henning 227: <li><a name="rnd"></a>
1.66 deraadt 228: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font>
229: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 230: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4">rnd(4)</a> device does not use all of its input when data is written to it.<br>
1.63 deraadt 231: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 233: <p>
1.33 henning 234: <li><a name="tl"></a>
1.66 deraadt 235: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font>
236: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
1.63 deraadt 238: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
1.65 deraadt 241: <li><a name="pms"></a>
242: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
243: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
244: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
245: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
246: <p>
1.33 henning 247: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
1.66 deraadt 248: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font>
249: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 250: 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>
1.63 deraadt 251: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 253: <p>
254: 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>
255: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
256: <p>
257: <ul>
1.52 sthen 258: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
259: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
260: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
261: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
262: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
263: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
264: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
1.1 deraadt 265: </ul>
266: <p>
1.33 henning 267: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
1.66 deraadt 268: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font>
269: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 270: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_procfs&sektion=8">Procfs</a> contained numerous overflows, which could lead an intruder to root permissions. Procfs is NOT enabled by default in OpenBSD. <br>
1.63 deraadt 271: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
272: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 273: <p>
1.65 deraadt 274: <li><a name="imacdv"></a>
275: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
276: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
277: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
278: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
279: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
280: <p>
1.33 henning 281: <li><a name="hwcrypto"></a>
1.66 deraadt 282: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font>
283: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 284: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
285: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
1.52 sthen 286: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 288: <p>
1.33 henning 289: <li><a name="fastroute"></a>
1.66 deraadt 290: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font>
291: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 292: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
1.52 sthen 293: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 295: <p>
1.33 henning 296: <li><a name="kerberos2"></a>
1.66 deraadt 297: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font>
298: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.52 sthen 300: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 302: <p>
1.33 henning 303: <li><a name="kerberos"></a>
1.66 deraadt 304: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font>
305: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
307: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
308: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
309: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
310: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
311: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
312: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
313: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
314: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
315: machines immediately.<p>
1.52 sthen 316: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 318: <p>
1.65 deraadt 319: <li><a name="x_sun3"></a>
320: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
321: The X packages
322: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
323: and
324: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
325: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
326: added post-install by using the following command:
327: <pre>
328: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
329: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
330: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 331: <p>
1.33 henning 332: <li><a name="pcibios"></a>
333: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 334: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
335: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
336: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
1.60 deraadt 337: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 338: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
339: option "boot -c".
340: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
341: UKC> disable pcibios
342: UKC> quit
343: </tt></pre>
344: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
345: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
346: permanently.
1.60 deraadt 347: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 348: <p>
1.65 deraadt 349: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
1.66 deraadt 350: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
351: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 352: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
353: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
354: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
355: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.1 deraadt 356: <p>
1.65 deraadt 357: <li><a name="rijndael"></a>
1.66 deraadt 358: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font>
359: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 360: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
361: and swap encryption.<br>
362: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
363: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
364: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
365: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 366: <p>
1.33 henning 367: <li><a name="qe"></a>
368: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 369: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.52 sthen 370: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.1 deraadt 371: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
372: <p>
1.65 deraadt 373: <li><a name="skey"></a>
1.66 deraadt 374: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
375: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 376: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
377: that kind of important.<br>
378: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
379: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
380: <p>
1.33 henning 381: <li><a name="zsconsole"></a>
382: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 383: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
384: cause great grief.<br>
1.52 sthen 385: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
1.1 deraadt 386: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
387: <p>
388: </ul>
389: <p>
1.61 deraadt 390:
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