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71:
1.63 deraadt 72: <p>
1.85 tj 73: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
74: Each patch contains usage instructions.
75: All the following patches are also available in one
76: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
77: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 78:
79: <p>
1.85 tj 80: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 81: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 82:
1.1 deraadt 83: <hr>
84:
85: <ul>
1.70 bentley 86: <li id="uucp">
1.66 deraadt 87: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font>
88: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 89: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
1.18 millert 90: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
91: use this to gain root access.
92: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
93: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
94: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
95: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
96: <br>
1.84 tb 97: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.63 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 99: <p>
1.70 bentley 100: <li id="lpd">
1.66 deraadt 101: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font>
102: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 103: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
1.17 millert 104: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
105: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
106: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
107: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
108: may be used to mount an attack.
109: <br>
1.84 tb 110: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 112: <p>
1.70 bentley 113: <li id="sendmail2">
1.66 deraadt 114: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font>
115: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 116: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
1.14 millert 117: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
118: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.15 brad 119: <br>
1.84 tb 120: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.14 millert 122: <p>
1.70 bentley 123: <li id="kernexec">
1.66 deraadt 124: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
125: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 126: 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.
1.10 aaron 127: <br>
1.84 tb 128: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.63 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.10 aaron 130: <p>
1.70 bentley 131: <li id="fts">
1.66 deraadt 132: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font>
133: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 134: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
1.4 millert 135: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
136: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
137: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
138: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
139: opposed to descending into them.
1.84 tb 140: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.63 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.6 millert 142: This is the second version of the patch.
1.4 millert 143: <p>
1.70 bentley 144: <li id="sendmail">
1.66 deraadt 145: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font>
146: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 147: 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
1.3 millert 148: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
149: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
150: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
1.84 tb 151: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.3 millert 154: <p>
1.70 bentley 155: <li id="ipf_frag">
1.66 deraadt 156: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
157: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 miod 158: 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 159: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 161: <p>
1.70 bentley 162: <li id="glob_limit">
1.66 deraadt 163: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
164: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 165: <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>
1.84 tb 166: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 168: <p>
1.70 bentley 169: <li id="glob">
1.66 deraadt 170: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong></font>
171: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 172: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
1.84 tb 173: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 175: <p>
1.70 bentley 176: <li id="readline">
1.66 deraadt 177: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
178: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
180: with a permissive
1.88 tb 181: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 182: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
183: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
184: application is mysql).<br>
1.84 tb 185: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.63 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 187: <p>
1.70 bentley 188: <li id="ipsec_ah">
1.66 deraadt 189: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font>
190: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: 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 192: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 194: <p>
1.70 bentley 195: <li id="userldt">
1.65 deraadt 196: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br>
197: 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 198: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
200: <p>
1.70 bentley 201: <li id="sudo">
1.66 deraadt 202: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
203: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.8 millert 204: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.88 tb 205: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
1.1 deraadt 206: <br>
1.84 tb 207: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.63 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 209: <p>
1.70 bentley 210: <li id="libwrap">
1.66 deraadt 211: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong></font>
212: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 213: 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>
1.84 tb 214: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 216: <p>
1.70 bentley 217: <li id="lepci">
1.66 deraadt 218: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong></font>
219: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 220: 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>
1.84 tb 221: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 223: <p>
1.70 bentley 224: <li id="named">
1.66 deraadt 225: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font>
226: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 227: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 228: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 229: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 230: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 232: <p>
1.70 bentley 233: <li id="rnd">
1.66 deraadt 234: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font>
235: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 236: 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>
1.84 tb 237: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
1.70 bentley 240: <li id="tl">
1.66 deraadt 241: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font>
242: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 243: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
1.84 tb 244: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 245: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 246: <p>
1.70 bentley 247: <li id="pms">
1.65 deraadt 248: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
249: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
1.84 tb 250: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.65 deraadt 251: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
252: <p>
1.70 bentley 253: <li id="xlock">
1.66 deraadt 254: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font>
255: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 256: 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 257: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
260: 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>
261: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
262: <p>
263: <ul>
1.84 tb 264: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
265: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
266: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
267: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
268: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
269: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
270: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
1.1 deraadt 271: </ul>
272: <p>
1.70 bentley 273: <li id="procfs">
1.66 deraadt 274: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font>
275: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 276: <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>
1.84 tb 277: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 279: <p>
1.70 bentley 280: <li id="imacdv">
1.65 deraadt 281: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
282: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
283: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
1.84 tb 284: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.65 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: <p>
1.70 bentley 287: <li id="hwcrypto">
1.66 deraadt 288: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font>
289: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
291: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
1.84 tb 292: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 294: <p>
1.70 bentley 295: <li id="fastroute">
1.66 deraadt 296: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font>
297: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
1.84 tb 299: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 301: <p>
1.70 bentley 302: <li id="kerberos2">
1.66 deraadt 303: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font>
304: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.84 tb 306: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 308: <p>
1.70 bentley 309: <li id="kerberos">
1.66 deraadt 310: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font>
311: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 312: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
313: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
314: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
315: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
316: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
317: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
318: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
319: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
320: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
321: machines immediately.<p>
1.84 tb 322: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 323: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 324: <p>
1.70 bentley 325: <li id="x_sun3">
1.65 deraadt 326: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
327: The X packages
1.84 tb 328: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
1.65 deraadt 329: and
1.84 tb 330: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
1.65 deraadt 331: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
332: added post-install by using the following command:
333: <pre>
334: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
335: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
336: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 337: <p>
1.70 bentley 338: <li id="pcibios">
1.33 henning 339: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 340: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
341: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
342: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
1.60 deraadt 343: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 344: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
345: option "boot -c".
346: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
347: UKC> disable pcibios
348: UKC> quit
349: </tt></pre>
1.80 tj 350: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
1.1 deraadt 351: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
352: permanently.
1.60 deraadt 353: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 354: <p>
1.70 bentley 355: <li id="ftpd">
1.66 deraadt 356: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
357: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 358: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.84 tb 359: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 360: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
361: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.1 deraadt 362: <p>
1.70 bentley 363: <li id="rijndael">
1.66 deraadt 364: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font>
365: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 366: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
367: and swap encryption.<br>
368: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.84 tb 369: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.65 deraadt 370: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
371: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 372: <p>
1.70 bentley 373: <li id="qe">
1.33 henning 374: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 375: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.84 tb 376: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.1 deraadt 377: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
378: <p>
1.70 bentley 379: <li id="skey">
1.66 deraadt 380: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
381: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 382: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
383: that kind of important.<br>
1.84 tb 384: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.65 deraadt 385: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
386: <p>
1.70 bentley 387: <li id="zsconsole">
1.33 henning 388: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 389: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
390: cause great grief.<br>
1.84 tb 391: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
1.1 deraadt 392: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
393: <p>
1.82 deraadt 394:
1.1 deraadt 395: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 396:
1.71 tedu 397: <hr>
398:
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