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76:
1.63 deraadt 77: <p>
1.85 tj 78: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
79: Each patch contains usage instructions.
80: All the following patches are also available in one
81: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
82: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 83:
84: <p>
1.85 tj 85: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.86 tj 86: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.63 deraadt 87:
1.1 deraadt 88: <hr>
89:
90: <ul>
1.95 deraadt 91:
92: <li id="zsconsole">
93: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
94: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
95: cause great grief.<br>
96: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch">
97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li id="skey">
101: <strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 102: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 103: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
104: that kind of important.<br>
105: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch">
1.63 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 millert 107: <p>
1.95 deraadt 108:
109: <li id="qe">
110: <strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
111: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
112: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch">
1.63 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 millert 114: <p>
1.95 deraadt 115:
116: <li id="rijndael">
117: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 118: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 119: First off, AES (Rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPsec
120: and swap encryption.<br>
121: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
122: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.63 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 124: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.14 millert 125: <p>
1.95 deraadt 126:
127: <li id="ftpd">
128: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 129: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 130: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
131: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 133: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li id="pcibios">
137: <strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
138: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
139: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
140: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
141: <ul>
142: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
143: option "boot -c".
144: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter
145: <blockquote><pre>
146: UKC> disable pcibios
147: UKC> quit<!--
148: --></pre></blockquote>
149: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">this page</a> after a successful
150: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
151: permanently.
152: </ul>
1.10 aaron 153: <p>
1.95 deraadt 154:
155: <li id="x_sun3">
156: <strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong><br>
157: The X packages
158: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
159: and
160: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
161: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
162: added post-install by using the following command:
163: <pre>
164: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
165: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
166: </pre>
167: <p>
168:
169: <li id="kerberos">
170: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 171: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 172: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
173: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
174: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
175: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
176: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
177: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
178: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
179: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
180: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
181: machines immediately.<p>
182: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.63 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 millert 184: <p>
1.95 deraadt 185:
186: <li id="kerberos2">
187: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 188: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 189: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
190: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
1.63 deraadt 191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.3 millert 192: <p>
1.95 deraadt 193:
194: <li id="fastroute">
195: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 196: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 197: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
198: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
1.63 deraadt 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 200: <p>
1.95 deraadt 201:
202: <li id="hwcrypto">
203: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 204: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 205: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
206: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
207: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
1.63 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 209: <p>
1.95 deraadt 210:
211: <li id="imacdv">
212: <strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong><br>
213: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
214: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
215: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.63 deraadt 216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 217: <p>
1.95 deraadt 218:
219: <li id="procfs">
220: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 221: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 222: <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>
223: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">
1.63 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 225: <p>
1.95 deraadt 226:
227: <li id="xlock">
228: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong>
1.66 deraadt 229: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 230: 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>
231: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">
1.63 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 233: <p>
1.95 deraadt 234: 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>
235: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
236: <p>
237: <ul>
238: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
239: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
240: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
241: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
242: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
243: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
244: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
245: </ul>
1.65 deraadt 246: <p>
1.95 deraadt 247:
248: <li id="pms">
249: <strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong><br>
250: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
251: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">
1.63 deraadt 252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 253: <p>
1.95 deraadt 254:
255: <li id="tl">
256: <strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 257: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 258: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
259: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">
1.63 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 261: <p>
1.95 deraadt 262:
263: <li id="rnd">
264: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 265: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 266: 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>
267: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 268: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 269: <p>
1.95 deraadt 270:
1.70 bentley 271: <li id="named">
1.94 bentley 272: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 273: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.88 tb 274: Merge <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/named.8">named</a>
1.1 deraadt 275: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.13 jsyn 276: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehand).<br>
1.84 tb 277: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">
1.63 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 279: <p>
1.95 deraadt 280:
281: <li id="lepci">
282: <strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 283: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 284: 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>
285: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">
1.63 deraadt 286: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 287: <p>
1.95 deraadt 288:
289: <li id="libwrap">
290: <strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 291: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 292: 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>
293: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">
1.63 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 295: <p>
1.95 deraadt 296:
297: <li id="sudo">
298: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
299: <i>All architectures</i><br>
300: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
301: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
302: <br>
303: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/021_sudo.patch">
1.65 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
1.95 deraadt 306:
307: <li id="userldt">
308: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong><br>
309: 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.
310: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">
1.63 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 312: <p>
1.95 deraadt 313:
314: <li id="ipsec_ah">
315: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 316: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 317: 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>
318: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/023_ip_ah.patch">
1.63 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 320: <p>
1.95 deraadt 321:
322: <li id="readline">
323: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
324: <i>All architectures</i><br>
325: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
326: with a permissive
327: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
328: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
329: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
330: application is mysql).<br>
331: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch">
1.65 deraadt 332: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
333: <p>
1.95 deraadt 334:
335: <li id="glob">
336: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Apr 10, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 337: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 338: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/glob.3">glob(3)</a> contains multiple buffer overflows. <br>
339: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/025_glob.patch">
1.63 deraadt 340: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 341: <p>
1.95 deraadt 342:
343: <li id="glob_limit">
344: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 345: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 346: <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>
347: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/026_globlimit.patch">
1.63 deraadt 348: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 349: <p>
1.95 deraadt 350:
351: <li id="ipf_frag">
352: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Apr 23, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 353: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 354: IPF has a serious problem with fragment caching, the bug is triggered if you use the ipf(5) syntax "keep state".<br>
355: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/027_ipf-frag.patch">
1.63 deraadt 356: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 357: <p>
1.95 deraadt 358:
359: <li id="sendmail">
360: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 361: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 362: 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
363: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
364: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
365: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
366: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/028_sendmail.patch">
1.63 deraadt 367: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 368: It updates sendmail to version 8.11.4.
1.1 deraadt 369: <p>
1.95 deraadt 370:
371: <li id="fts">
372: <strong>029: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 373: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 374: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
375: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
376: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
377: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
378: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
379: opposed to descending into them.
380: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/029_fts.patch">
1.65 deraadt 381: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 deraadt 382: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 383: <p>
1.95 deraadt 384:
385: <li id="kernexec">
386: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 387: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 388: 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.
389: <br>
390: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch">
1.65 deraadt 391: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 392: <p>
1.95 deraadt 393:
394: <li id="sendmail2">
395: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
396: <i>All architectures</i><br>
397: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
398: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
399: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
400: <br>
401: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/031_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 402: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
403: <p>
1.95 deraadt 404:
405: <li id="lpd">
406: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.66 deraadt 407: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 deraadt 408: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
409: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
410: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
411: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
412: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
413: may be used to mount an attack.
414: <br>
415: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/032_lpd.patch">
1.65 deraadt 416: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
417: <p>
1.95 deraadt 418:
419: <li id="uucp">
420: <strong>033: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
421: <i>All architectures</i><br>
422: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.8/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
423: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
424: use this to gain root access.
425: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
426: parsing routine may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
427: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
428: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
429: <br>
430: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/033_uucp.patch">
1.1 deraadt 431: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
432: <p>
1.82 deraadt 433:
1.1 deraadt 434: </ul>
1.61 deraadt 435:
1.71 tedu 436: <hr>