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74:
1.63 deraadt 75: <p>
1.85 tj 76: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
77: Each patch contains usage instructions.
78: All the following patches are also available in one
79: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
80: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 81:
82: <p>
1.85 tj 83: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 84: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 85:
1.1 deraadt 86: <hr>
87:
88: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 89:
90: <li id="zsconsole">
91: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
92: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
93: cause great grief.<br>
94: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
96: <p>
97:
98: <li id="skey">
99: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 100: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 101: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
102: that kind of important.<br>
103: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 105: <p>
1.95 deraadt 106:
107: <li id="qe">
108: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
109: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
110: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 112: <p>
1.95 deraadt 113:
114: <li id="rijndael">
115: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 116: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 117: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
118: and swap encryption.<br>
119: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
120: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 122: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 123: <p>
1.95 deraadt 124:
125: <li id="ftpd">
126: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 128: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
129: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 131: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li id="pcibios">
135: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
136: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
137: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
138: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
139: <ul>
140: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
141: option "boot -c".
142: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
143: <blockquote><pre>
144: UKC> disable pcibios
145: UKC> quit<!--
146: --></pre></blockquote>
147: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
148: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
149: permanently.
150: </ul>
1.10 aaron 151: <p>
1.95 deraadt 152:
153: <li id="x_sun3">
154: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
155: The X packages
156: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
157: and
158: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
159: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
160: added post-install by using the following command:
161: <pre>
162: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
163: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
164: </pre>
165: <p>
166:
167: <li id="kerberos">
168: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 169: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 170: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
171: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
172: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
173: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
174: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
175: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
176: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
177: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
178: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
179: machines immediately.<p>
180: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 182: <p>
1.95 deraadt 183:
184: <li id="kerberos2">
185: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 186: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 187: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
188: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 190: <p>
1.95 deraadt 191:
192: <li id="fastroute">
193: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 194: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 195: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
196: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 198: <p>
1.95 deraadt 199:
200: <li id="hwcrypto">
201: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 202: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 203: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
204: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
205: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 207: <p>
1.95 deraadt 208:
209: <li id="imacdv">
210: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
211: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
212: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
213: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 214: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 215: <p>
1.95 deraadt 216:
217: <li id="procfs">
218: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 219: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 220: <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>
221: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 223: <p>
1.95 deraadt 224:
225: <li id="xlock">
226: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 227: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 228: 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>
229: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 231: <p>
1.95 deraadt 232: 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>
233: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
234: <p>
235: <ul>
236: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
237: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
238: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
239: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
240: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
241: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
242: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
243: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 244: <p>
1.95 deraadt 245:
246: <li id="pms">
247: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
248: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 251: <p>
1.95 deraadt 252:
253: <li id="tl">
254: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 255: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 256: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
257: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
1.95 deraadt 260:
261: <li id="rnd">
262: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 263: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 264: 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>
265: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 267: <p>
1.95 deraadt 268:
1.70 bentley 269: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 270: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 271: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 272: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 273: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 274: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 275: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 277: <p>
1.95 deraadt 278:
279: <li id="lepci">
280: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 281: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 282: 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>
283: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 285: <p>
1.95 deraadt 286:
287: <li id="libwrap">
288: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 289: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 290: 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>
291: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 293: <p>
1.95 deraadt 294:
295: <li id="sudo">
296: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
297: <i>All architectures</i><br>
298: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
299: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
300: <br>
301: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
303: <p>
1.95 deraadt 304:
305: <li id="userldt">
306: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
307: 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.
308: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 310: <p>
1.95 deraadt 311:
312: <li id="ipsec_ah">
313: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 314: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 315: 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>
316: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 318: <p>
1.95 deraadt 319:
320: <li id="readline">
321: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
322: <i>All architectures</i><br>
323: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
324: with a permissive
325: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
326: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
327: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
328: application is mysql).<br>
329: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
331: <p>
1.95 deraadt 332:
333: <li id="glob">
334: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 335: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 336: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
337: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 338: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 339: <p>
1.95 deraadt 340:
341: <li id="glob_limit">
342: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 343: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 344: <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>
345: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 346: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 347: <p>
1.95 deraadt 348:
349: <li id="ipf_frag">
350: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 351: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 352: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
353: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 354: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 355: <p>
1.95 deraadt 356:
357: <li id="sendmail">
358: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 359: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 360: 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
361: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
362: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
363: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
364: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 365: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 366: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 367: <p>
1.95 deraadt 368:
369: <li id="fts">
370: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 371: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 372: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
373: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
374: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
375: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
376: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
377: opposed to descending into them.
378: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 379: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 380: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 381: <p>
1.95 deraadt 382:
383: <li id="kernexec">
384: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 385: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 386: 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.
387: <br>
388: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 389: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 390: <p>
1.95 deraadt 391:
392: <li id="sendmail2">
393: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
394: <i>All architectures</i><br>
395: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
396: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
397: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
398: <br>
399: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 400: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
401: <p>
1.95 deraadt 402:
403: <li id="lpd">
404: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 405: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 406: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
407: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
408: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
409: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
410: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
411: may be used to mount an attack.
412: <br>
413: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 414: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
415: <p>
1.95 deraadt 416:
417: <li id="uucp">
418: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
419: <i>All architectures</i><br>
420: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
421: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
422: use this to gain root access.
423: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
424: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
425: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
426: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
427: <br>
428: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 429: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
430: <p>
1.82 deraadt 431:
1.1 deraadt 432: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 433:
1.71 tedu 434: <hr>
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