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73:
1.63 deraadt 74: <p>
1.85 tj 75: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
76: Each patch contains usage instructions.
77: All the following patches are also available in one
78: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
79: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 80:
81: <p>
1.85 tj 82: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 83: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 84:
1.1 deraadt 85: <hr>
86:
87: <ul>
1.70 bentley 88: <li id="uucp">
1.66 deraadt 89: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font>
90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 91: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
1.18 millert 92: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
93: use this to gain root access.
94: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
95: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
96: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
97: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
98: <br>
1.84 tb 99: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.63 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 101: <p>
1.70 bentley 102: <li id="lpd">
1.66 deraadt 103: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font>
104: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 105: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
1.17 millert 106: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
107: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
108: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
109: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
110: may be used to mount an attack.
111: <br>
1.84 tb 112: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 114: <p>
1.70 bentley 115: <li id="sendmail2">
1.66 deraadt 116: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font>
117: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 118: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
1.14 millert 119: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
120: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.15 brad 121: <br>
1.84 tb 122: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.14 millert 124: <p>
1.70 bentley 125: <li id="kernexec">
1.66 deraadt 126: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 128: 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 129: <br>
1.84 tb 130: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.63 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.10 aaron 132: <p>
1.70 bentley 133: <li id="fts">
1.66 deraadt 134: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font>
135: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 136: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
1.4 millert 137: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
138: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
139: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
140: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
141: opposed to descending into them.
1.84 tb 142: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.63 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.6 millert 144: This is the second version of the patch.
1.4 millert 145: <p>
1.70 bentley 146: <li id="sendmail">
1.66 deraadt 147: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font>
148: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 149: 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 150: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
151: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
152: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
1.84 tb 153: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.3 millert 156: <p>
1.70 bentley 157: <li id="ipf_frag">
1.66 deraadt 158: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
159: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 miod 160: 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 161: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 163: <p>
1.70 bentley 164: <li id="glob_limit">
1.66 deraadt 165: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong></font>
166: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 167: <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 168: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 170: <p>
1.70 bentley 171: <li id="glob">
1.66 deraadt 172: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong></font>
173: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 174: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
1.84 tb 175: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 177: <p>
1.70 bentley 178: <li id="readline">
1.66 deraadt 179: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
180: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 181: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
182: with a permissive
1.88 tb 183: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 184: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
185: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
186: application is mysql).<br>
1.84 tb 187: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.63 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 189: <p>
1.70 bentley 190: <li id="ipsec_ah">
1.66 deraadt 191: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font>
192: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: 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 194: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 196: <p>
1.70 bentley 197: <li id="userldt">
1.65 deraadt 198: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br>
199: 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 200: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <p>
1.70 bentley 203: <li id="sudo">
1.66 deraadt 204: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
205: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.8 millert 206: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.88 tb 207: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
1.1 deraadt 208: <br>
1.84 tb 209: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.63 deraadt 210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 211: <p>
1.70 bentley 212: <li id="libwrap">
1.66 deraadt 213: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong></font>
214: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 215: 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 216: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 217: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 218: <p>
1.70 bentley 219: <li id="lepci">
1.66 deraadt 220: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong></font>
221: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 222: 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 223: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 225: <p>
1.70 bentley 226: <li id="named">
1.66 deraadt 227: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font>
228: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 229: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 230: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 231: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 232: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 234: <p>
1.70 bentley 235: <li id="rnd">
1.66 deraadt 236: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font>
237: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 238: 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 239: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 241: <p>
1.70 bentley 242: <li id="tl">
1.66 deraadt 243: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font>
244: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 245: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
1.84 tb 246: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 247: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 248: <p>
1.70 bentley 249: <li id="pms">
1.65 deraadt 250: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
251: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
1.84 tb 252: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.65 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.70 bentley 255: <li id="xlock">
1.66 deraadt 256: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font>
257: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 258: 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 259: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 261: <p>
262: 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>
263: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
264: <p>
265: <ul>
1.84 tb 266: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
267: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
268: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
269: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
270: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
271: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
272: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
1.1 deraadt 273: </ul>
274: <p>
1.70 bentley 275: <li id="procfs">
1.66 deraadt 276: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font>
277: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 278: <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 279: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 281: <p>
1.70 bentley 282: <li id="imacdv">
1.65 deraadt 283: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
284: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
285: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
1.84 tb 286: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.65 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
288: <p>
1.70 bentley 289: <li id="hwcrypto">
1.66 deraadt 290: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font>
291: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 292: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
293: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
1.84 tb 294: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 296: <p>
1.70 bentley 297: <li id="fastroute">
1.66 deraadt 298: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font>
299: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
1.84 tb 301: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 303: <p>
1.70 bentley 304: <li id="kerberos2">
1.66 deraadt 305: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font>
306: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.84 tb 308: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 310: <p>
1.70 bentley 311: <li id="kerberos">
1.66 deraadt 312: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font>
313: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
315: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
316: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
317: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
318: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
319: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
320: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
321: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
322: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
323: machines immediately.<p>
1.84 tb 324: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 325: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 326: <p>
1.70 bentley 327: <li id="x_sun3">
1.65 deraadt 328: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
329: The X packages
1.84 tb 330: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
1.65 deraadt 331: and
1.84 tb 332: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
1.65 deraadt 333: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
334: added post-install by using the following command:
335: <pre>
336: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
337: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
338: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 339: <p>
1.70 bentley 340: <li id="pcibios">
1.33 henning 341: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 342: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
343: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
344: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
1.60 deraadt 345: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 346: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
347: option "boot -c".
1.90 tb 348: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
349: <blockquote><pre>
1.1 deraadt 350: UKC> disable pcibios
1.90 tb 351: UKC> quit<!--
352: --></pre></blockquote>
1.80 tj 353: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
1.1 deraadt 354: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
355: permanently.
1.60 deraadt 356: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 357: <p>
1.70 bentley 358: <li id="ftpd">
1.66 deraadt 359: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
360: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 361: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.84 tb 362: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 363: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
364: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.1 deraadt 365: <p>
1.70 bentley 366: <li id="rijndael">
1.66 deraadt 367: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font>
368: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 369: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
370: and swap encryption.<br>
371: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.84 tb 372: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.65 deraadt 373: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
374: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 375: <p>
1.70 bentley 376: <li id="qe">
1.33 henning 377: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 378: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.84 tb 379: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.1 deraadt 380: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
381: <p>
1.70 bentley 382: <li id="skey">
1.66 deraadt 383: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
384: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.65 deraadt 385: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
386: that kind of important.<br>
1.84 tb 387: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.65 deraadt 388: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
389: <p>
1.70 bentley 390: <li id="zsconsole">
1.33 henning 391: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 392: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
393: cause great grief.<br>
1.84 tb 394: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
1.1 deraadt 395: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
396: <p>
1.82 deraadt 397:
1.1 deraadt 398: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 399:
1.71 tedu 400: <hr>
401:
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