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68: <a href="errata61.html">6.1</a>.
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70:
1.63 deraadt 71: <p>
1.85 tj 72: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
73: Each patch contains usage instructions.
74: All the following patches are also available in one
75: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
76: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 77:
78: <p>
1.85 tj 79: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 80: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 81:
1.1 deraadt 82: <hr>
83:
84: <ul>
1.70 bentley 85: <li id="uucp">
1.66 deraadt 86: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font>
87: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 88: A security hole exists in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
1.18 millert 89: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
90: use this to gain root access.
91: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
92: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
93: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
94: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
95: <br>
1.84 tb 96: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.63 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 98: <p>
1.70 bentley 99: <li id="lpd">
1.66 deraadt 100: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font>
101: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 102: A security hole exists in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
1.17 millert 103: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
104: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
105: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
106: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
107: may be used to mount an attack.
108: <br>
1.84 tb 109: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 111: <p>
1.70 bentley 112: <li id="sendmail2">
1.66 deraadt 113: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font>
114: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 115: A security hole exists in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
1.14 millert 116: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
117: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.15 brad 118: <br>
1.84 tb 119: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.14 millert 121: <p>
1.70 bentley 122: <li id="kernexec">
1.66 deraadt 123: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
124: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 125: A race condition exists in the kernel <a href="http://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="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/ptrace.2">ptrace(2)</a> attach to a suid/sgid process.
1.10 aaron 126: <br>
1.84 tb 127: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.63 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.10 aaron 129: <p>
1.70 bentley 130: <li id="fts">
1.66 deraadt 131: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font>
132: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 133: Programs using the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
1.4 millert 134: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
135: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
136: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
137: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
138: opposed to descending into them.
1.84 tb 139: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.63 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.6 millert 141: This is the second version of the patch.
1.4 millert 142: <p>
1.70 bentley 143: <li id="sendmail">
1.66 deraadt 144: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font>
145: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 146: The signal handlers in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
1.3 millert 147: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
148: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
149: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
1.84 tb 150: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.3 millert 153: <p>
1.70 bentley 154: <li id="ipf_frag">
1.66 deraadt 155: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
156: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 miod 157: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
1.84 tb 158: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 160: <p>
1.70 bentley 161: <li id="glob_limit">
1.66 deraadt 162: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
163: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 164: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">ftpd(8)</a> has a potential DoS related to <a href="http://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>
1.84 tb 165: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 167: <p>
1.70 bentley 168: <li id="glob">
1.66 deraadt 169: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong></font>
170: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 171: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
1.84 tb 172: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 174: <p>
1.70 bentley 175: <li id="readline">
1.66 deraadt 176: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
177: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
179: with a permissive
1.87 ! tb 180: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 181: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
182: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
183: application is mysql).<br>
1.84 tb 184: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.63 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 186: <p>
1.70 bentley 187: <li id="ipsec_ah">
1.66 deraadt 188: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font>
189: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: 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>
1.84 tb 191: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 192: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 193: <p>
1.70 bentley 194: <li id="userldt">
1.65 deraadt 195: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br>
196: 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.
1.84 tb 197: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 198: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
199: <p>
1.70 bentley 200: <li id="sudo">
1.66 deraadt 201: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
202: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.8 millert 203: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.87 ! tb 204: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
1.1 deraadt 205: <br>
1.84 tb 206: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.63 deraadt 207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 208: <p>
1.70 bentley 209: <li id="libwrap">
1.66 deraadt 210: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong></font>
211: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 212: Client side ident protocol was broken in libwrap, affecting anything using libwrap including <a href="http://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>
1.84 tb 213: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 214: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 215: <p>
1.70 bentley 216: <li id="lepci">
1.66 deraadt 217: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong></font>
218: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 219: Fix memory allocation in the PCI LANCE driver, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/le.4">le</a>. A side effect of this is that OpenBSD under VMWare now works again.<br>
1.84 tb 220: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 222: <p>
1.70 bentley 223: <li id="named">
1.66 deraadt 224: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font>
225: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 226: Merge <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 227: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 228: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 229: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 231: <p>
1.70 bentley 232: <li id="rnd">
1.66 deraadt 233: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font>
234: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 235: The <a href="http://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>
1.84 tb 236: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 238: <p>
1.70 bentley 239: <li id="tl">
1.66 deraadt 240: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font>
241: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 242: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
1.84 tb 243: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 245: <p>
1.70 bentley 246: <li id="pms">
1.65 deraadt 247: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
248: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
1.84 tb 249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.65 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.70 bentley 252: <li id="xlock">
1.66 deraadt 253: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font>
254: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: 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>
1.84 tb 256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 258: <p>
259: 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>
260: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
261: <p>
262: <ul>
1.84 tb 263: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
264: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
265: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
266: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
267: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
268: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
269: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
1.1 deraadt 270: </ul>
271: <p>
1.70 bentley 272: <li id="procfs">
1.66 deraadt 273: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font>
274: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.87 ! tb 275: <a href="http://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>
1.84 tb 276: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 278: <p>
1.70 bentley 279: <li id="imacdv">
1.65 deraadt 280: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
281: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
282: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
1.84 tb 283: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.65 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
285: <p>
1.70 bentley 286: <li id="hwcrypto">
1.66 deraadt 287: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font>
288: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
290: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
1.84 tb 291: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 293: <p>
1.70 bentley 294: <li id="fastroute">
1.66 deraadt 295: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font>
296: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
1.84 tb 298: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 299: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 300: <p>
1.70 bentley 301: <li id="kerberos2">
1.66 deraadt 302: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font>
303: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 304: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.84 tb 305: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 307: <p>
1.70 bentley 308: <li id="kerberos">
1.66 deraadt 309: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font>
310: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
312: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
313: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
314: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
315: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
316: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
317: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
318: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
319: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
320: machines immediately.<p>
1.84 tb 321: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 323: <p>
1.70 bentley 324: <li id="x_sun3">
1.65 deraadt 325: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
326: The X packages
1.84 tb 327: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
1.65 deraadt 328: and
1.84 tb 329: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
1.65 deraadt 330: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
331: added post-install by using the following command:
332: <pre>
333: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
334: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
335: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 336: <p>
1.70 bentley 337: <li id="pcibios">
1.33 henning 338: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 339: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
340: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
341: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
1.60 deraadt 342: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 343: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
344: option "boot -c".
345: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
346: UKC> disable pcibios
347: UKC> quit
348: </tt></pre>
1.80 tj 349: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
1.1 deraadt 350: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
351: permanently.
1.60 deraadt 352: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 353: <p>
1.70 bentley 354: <li id="ftpd">
1.66 deraadt 355: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
356: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 357: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.84 tb 358: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 359: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
360: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.1 deraadt 361: <p>
1.70 bentley 362: <li id="rijndael">
1.66 deraadt 363: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font>
364: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 365: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
366: and swap encryption.<br>
367: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.84 tb 368: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.65 deraadt 369: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
370: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 371: <p>
1.70 bentley 372: <li id="qe">
1.33 henning 373: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 374: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.84 tb 375: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.1 deraadt 376: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
377: <p>
1.70 bentley 378: <li id="skey">
1.66 deraadt 379: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
380: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 381: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
382: that kind of important.<br>
1.84 tb 383: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.65 deraadt 384: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
385: <p>
1.70 bentley 386: <li id="zsconsole">
1.33 henning 387: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 388: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
389: cause great grief.<br>
1.84 tb 390: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
1.1 deraadt 391: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
392: <p>
1.82 deraadt 393:
1.1 deraadt 394: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 395:
1.71 tedu 396: <hr>
397:
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