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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>,
1.68 ! jsg 59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
! 60: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>.
1.27 deraadt 61: <br>
1.1 deraadt 62: <hr>
63:
1.52 sthen 64: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 65: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
66: This file is updated once a day.
1.63 deraadt 67: <p>
1.1 deraadt 68:
1.63 deraadt 69: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 deraadt 70: <code>OPENBSD_2_8</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 71: <p>
1.1 deraadt 72:
1.63 deraadt 73: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
74: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.1 deraadt 75: <p>
1.63 deraadt 76:
1.1 deraadt 77: <hr>
78:
79: <ul>
1.33 henning 80: <li><a name="uucp"></a>
1.66 deraadt 81: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font>
82: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 83: 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 84: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
85: use this to gain root access.
86: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
87: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
88: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
89: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
90: <br>
1.63 deraadt 91: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 93: <p>
1.33 henning 94: <li><a name="lpd"></a>
1.66 deraadt 95: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font>
96: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 97: 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 98: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
99: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
100: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
101: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
102: may be used to mount an attack.
103: <br>
1.63 deraadt 104: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 106: <p>
1.33 henning 107: <li><a name="sendmail2"></a>
1.66 deraadt 108: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font>
109: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 110: 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 111: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
112: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.15 brad 113: <br>
1.63 deraadt 114: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.14 millert 116: <p>
1.33 henning 117: <li><a name="kernexec"></a>
1.66 deraadt 118: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
119: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 120: 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 121: <br>
1.63 deraadt 122: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.10 aaron 124: <p>
1.33 henning 125: <li><a name="fts"></a>
1.66 deraadt 126: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font>
127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 128: 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 129: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
130: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
131: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
132: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
133: opposed to descending into them.
1.63 deraadt 134: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.6 millert 136: This is the second version of the patch.
1.4 millert 137: <p>
1.33 henning 138: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
1.66 deraadt 139: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font>
140: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 141: The signal handlers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sen
1.30 naddy 142: dmail&sektion=8&format=html">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
1.3 millert 143: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
144: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
145: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
1.63 deraadt 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.3 millert 149: <p>
1.33 henning 150: <li><a name="ipf_frag"></a>
1.66 deraadt 151: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
152: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 miod 153: 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 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 156: <p>
1.33 henning 157: <li><a name="glob_limit"></a>
1.66 deraadt 158: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
159: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 160: <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 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 163: <p>
1.33 henning 164: <li><a name="glob"></a>
1.66 deraadt 165: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong></font>
166: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 167: <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 168: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 170: <p>
1.33 henning 171: <li><a name="readline"></a>
1.66 deraadt 172: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
173: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
175: with a permissive
1.30 naddy 176: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 177: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
178: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
179: application is mysql).<br>
1.63 deraadt 180: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 182: <p>
1.33 henning 183: <li><a name="ipsec_ah"></a>
1.66 deraadt 184: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font>
185: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: 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 187: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 189: <p>
1.65 deraadt 190: <li><a name="userldt"></a>
191: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br>
192: 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.
193: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
195: <p>
1.33 henning 196: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
1.66 deraadt 197: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
198: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.8 millert 199: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.30 naddy 200: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.1 deraadt 201: <br>
1.63 deraadt 202: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 204: <p>
1.33 henning 205: <li><a name="libwrap"></a>
1.66 deraadt 206: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong></font>
207: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 208: 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 209: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 211: <p>
1.33 henning 212: <li><a name="lepci"></a>
1.66 deraadt 213: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong></font>
214: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 215: 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 216: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
217: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 218: <p>
1.33 henning 219: <li><a name="named"></a>
1.66 deraadt 220: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font>
221: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 222: Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 223: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 224: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.63 deraadt 225: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 227: <p>
1.33 henning 228: <li><a name="rnd"></a>
1.66 deraadt 229: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font>
230: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 231: 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 232: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 234: <p>
1.33 henning 235: <li><a name="tl"></a>
1.66 deraadt 236: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font>
237: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 238: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
1.63 deraadt 239: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 241: <p>
1.65 deraadt 242: <li><a name="pms"></a>
243: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
244: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
245: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <p>
1.33 henning 248: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
1.66 deraadt 249: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font>
250: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 251: 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 252: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
255: 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>
256: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
257: <p>
258: <ul>
1.52 sthen 259: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
260: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
261: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
262: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
263: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
264: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
265: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
1.1 deraadt 266: </ul>
267: <p>
1.33 henning 268: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
1.66 deraadt 269: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font>
270: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.30 naddy 271: <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 272: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 274: <p>
1.65 deraadt 275: <li><a name="imacdv"></a>
276: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
277: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
278: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
279: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
1.33 henning 282: <li><a name="hwcrypto"></a>
1.66 deraadt 283: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font>
284: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
286: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
1.52 sthen 287: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 289: <p>
1.33 henning 290: <li><a name="fastroute"></a>
1.66 deraadt 291: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font>
292: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
1.52 sthen 294: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 296: <p>
1.33 henning 297: <li><a name="kerberos2"></a>
1.66 deraadt 298: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font>
299: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.52 sthen 301: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 303: <p>
1.33 henning 304: <li><a name="kerberos"></a>
1.66 deraadt 305: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font>
306: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
308: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
309: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
310: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
311: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
312: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
313: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
314: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
315: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
316: machines immediately.<p>
1.52 sthen 317: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 318: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 319: <p>
1.65 deraadt 320: <li><a name="x_sun3"></a>
321: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
322: The X packages
323: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
324: and
325: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
326: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
327: added post-install by using the following command:
328: <pre>
329: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
330: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
331: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 332: <p>
1.33 henning 333: <li><a name="pcibios"></a>
334: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 335: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
336: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
337: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
1.60 deraadt 338: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 339: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
340: option "boot -c".
341: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
342: UKC> disable pcibios
343: UKC> quit
344: </tt></pre>
345: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
346: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
347: permanently.
1.60 deraadt 348: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 349: <p>
1.65 deraadt 350: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
1.66 deraadt 351: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
352: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 353: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
354: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
355: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
356: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.1 deraadt 357: <p>
1.65 deraadt 358: <li><a name="rijndael"></a>
1.66 deraadt 359: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font>
360: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 361: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
362: and swap encryption.<br>
363: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
364: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
365: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
366: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 367: <p>
1.33 henning 368: <li><a name="qe"></a>
369: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 370: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.52 sthen 371: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.1 deraadt 372: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
373: <p>
1.65 deraadt 374: <li><a name="skey"></a>
1.66 deraadt 375: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
376: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 377: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
378: that kind of important.<br>
379: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
380: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
381: <p>
1.33 henning 382: <li><a name="zsconsole"></a>
383: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 384: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
385: cause great grief.<br>
1.52 sthen 386: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
1.1 deraadt 387: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
388: <p>
389: </ul>
390: <p>
1.61 deraadt 391:
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