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! 77: <a href="errata70.html">7.0</a>.
1.1 deraadt 78: <hr>
79:
1.66 deraadt 80: <p>
1.87 tj 81: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
82: Each patch contains usage instructions.
83: All the following patches are also available in one
84: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
85: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 86:
87: <p>
1.87 tj 88: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.88 tj 89: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 90:
1.1 deraadt 91: <hr>
92:
93: <ul>
1.96 deraadt 94:
95: <li id="sendmail">
96: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 97: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 98: The signal handlers in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
99: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
100: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
101: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
102: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/001_sendmail.patch">
1.66 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 millert 104: <p>
1.96 deraadt 105:
106: <li id="fts">
107: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 108: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 109: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
110: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
111: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
112: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
113: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
114: opposed to descending into them.
115: <br>
116: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/002_fts.patch">
1.66 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 118: This is the second version of the patch.
1.21 millert 119: <p>
1.96 deraadt 120:
121: <li id="cd_cover">
122: <strong>003: DOCUMENTATION FIX: June 1, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 123: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 124: The 2.9 CD cover states that XFree86 3.3.6-current is included. This is only half-true.
125: In fact, the XFree86 included for all architectures is 4.0.3. On the i386, the
126: 3.3.6 Xservers have also been included, because 4.0.3 still has weak support for
127: some devices which 3.3.6 supported better.
1.20 millert 128: <p>
1.96 deraadt 129:
130: <li id="isakmpd">
131: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: June 5, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 132: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 133: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a>
134: will fail to use a certificate with an identity string that is
135: exactly N * 8 bytes long.
136: <br>
137: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/004_isakmpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.19 markus 139: <p>
1.96 deraadt 140:
141: <li id="pwd_mkdb">
142: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: June 7, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 143: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 144: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/pwd_mkdb.8">pwd_mkdb(8)</a>
145: corrupts /etc/pwd.db when modifying an existing user.
1.15 millert 146: <br>
1.96 deraadt 147: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/005_pwd_mkdb.patch">
1.66 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.15 millert 149: <p>
1.96 deraadt 150:
151: <li id="sshcookie">
152: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 12, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 153: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 154: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
155: allows users to delete arbitrary files named "cookies" if X11
156: forwarding is enabled. X11 forwarding is disabled by default.
157: <br>
158: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/006_sshcookie.patch">
1.66 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 160: <p>
1.96 deraadt 161:
162: <li id="kernexec">
163: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 164: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 165: A race condition exists in the kernel <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/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-2.9/ptrace.2">ptrace(2)</a> attach to a suid/sgid process.
166: <br>
167: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/007_kernexec.patch">
1.66 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.12 millert 169: <p>
1.96 deraadt 170:
171: <li id="twe">
172: <strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 173: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 174: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/twe.4">twe(4)</a>
175: mishandles the DMA mapping resulting in a kernel panic on unaligned data
176: transfers, induced by programs such as
177: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/disklabel.8">disklabel(8)</a>
178: and
179: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/dump.8">dump(8)</a>.
180: <br>
181: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/008_twe.patch">
1.66 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 183: This is the second version of the patch.
1.11 miod 184: <p>
1.96 deraadt 185:
186: <li id="XF86Setup">
187: <strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: Jun 23, 2001</strong><br>
188: The XF86Setup(1) configuration tool for XFree86 3.3.6 is producing
189: corrupted /etc/XF86Config files.
190: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/009_XF86Setup.patch">
1.66 deraadt 191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 192: It does so by linking XF86Setup against the XFree86 3.3.6 version of libXxf86vm.a.
193: <p>
194: <li>When using a PS/2 keyboard with an MSI K7T Pro2A motherboard, it may be
195: necessary to disable the "USB Keyboard Support" and
196: "USB Mouse Support" options in the BIOS. Otherwise, the i8042
197: keyboard controller doesn't acknowledge commands, confusing OpenBSD.
1.7 millert 198: <p>
1.96 deraadt 199:
200: <li id="nvidia">
201: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Jul 9, 2001</strong><br>
202: The NVIDIA driver for XFree86 4.0.3 is incorrectly restoring the text
203: mode palette upon exit of the X server. <a
204: href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/010_nvidia.patch">
205: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
206: To avoid rebuilding the whole XFree86 tree, an updated binary driver
207: is also available
208: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/nv_drv.o">here</a>.
209: Just grab it, copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and
210: restart your X server.
1.68 deraadt 211: <p>
1.96 deraadt 212:
213: <li id="pkg">
214: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: July 15, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 215: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 216: The
217: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/packages.7">packages(7)</a>
218: subsystem incorrectly accepts some package dependencies as okay (see
219: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/packages-specs.7">packages-specs(7)</a>
220: for details).
221: <br>
222: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/011_pkg.patch">
1.66 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 224: by forcing <code>/usr/sbin/pkg</code> to be more careful in checking
225: version numbers.
1.4 millert 226: <p>
1.96 deraadt 227:
228: <li id="nfs">
229: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 230: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 231: A kernel buffer overflow exists in the NFS mount code. An attacker may
232: use this overflow to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. However,
233: only users with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/mount.2">mount(2)</a>
234: privileges can initiate this attack. In default installs, only super-user has
235: mount privileges. The kern.usermount <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sysctl.3">sysctl(3)</a> controls whether other users have mount privileges.
1.2 millert 236: <br>
1.96 deraadt 237: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/012_nfs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.2 millert 239: <p>
1.96 deraadt 240:
241: <li id="sendmail2">
242: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 243: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 244: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
245: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
246: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.1 deraadt 247: <br>
1.96 deraadt 248: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/013_sendmail.patch">
1.66 deraadt 249: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 250: <p>
1.96 deraadt 251:
1.73 bentley 252: <li id="lpd">
1.95 bentley 253: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 254: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.90 tb 255: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
1.1 deraadt 256: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
257: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
258: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
259: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
260: may be used to mount an attack.
261: <br>
1.86 tb 262: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/014_lpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
1.96 deraadt 265:
266: <li id="uucp">
267: <strong>015: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 268: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 269: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
270: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
271: use this to gain root access.
272: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
273: parsing routine that may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
274: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
275: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
1.1 deraadt 276: <br>
1.96 deraadt 277: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/015_uucp.patch">
1.66 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 279: <p>
1.96 deraadt 280:
281: <li id="vi.recover">
282: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 283: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 284: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
285: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
1.1 deraadt 286: <br>
1.96 deraadt 287: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/016_recover.patch">
1.66 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 289: <p>
1.96 deraadt 290:
291: <li id="lpd2">
292: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 293: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 294: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
295: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
296: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
297: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
298: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
299: in the default installation.
300: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/017_lpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 302: <p>
1.96 deraadt 303:
304: <li id="missing">
305: <strong>018: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 11, 2001</strong><br>
306: The X binary sets shipped with OpenBSD 2.9 do not contain several files. These
307: missing files can be added manually from the sparc tarballs after the
308: installation:<br>
309: Grab the
310: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xbase29.tgz">xbase29.tgz</a>
311: and
312: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xshare29.tgz">xshare29.tgz</a>
313: files found in the 2.9/sparc directory on the CD, or any FTP site. The missing
314: files can be installed by using the following commands:
315: <pre>
316: # cd /; tar xzpf xbase29.tgz ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{rgb.txt,xdm}
317: # cd /; tar xzpf xserv29.tgz ./etc/X11/xserver ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver
318: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; ln -fs Xmac68k X
319: </pre>
1.68 deraadt 320: <p>
1.96 deraadt 321:
322: <li id="sudo">
323: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong>
324: <i>All architectures</i><br>
325: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
326: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
327: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
328: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
329: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
330: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
331: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
332: invoking user.<br>
333: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/019_sudo.patch">
1.68 deraadt 334: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
335: <p>
1.96 deraadt 336:
337: <li id="ptrace">
338: <strong>020: SECURITY FIX: February 20, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 339: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 340: A race condition between the ptrace(2) and execve(2) system calls allows
341: an attacker to modify the memory contents of suid/sgid processes which
342: could lead to compromise of the super-user account.<br>
343: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/020_ptrace.patch">
1.66 deraadt 344: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 345: <p>
1.96 deraadt 346:
347: <li id="openssh">
348: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: March 8, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 349: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 350: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to an off-by-one check
351: in the channel forwarding code of OpenSSH.<br>
352: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/021_openssh.patch">
1.66 deraadt 353: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 354: <p>
1.96 deraadt 355:
356: <li id="zlib">
357: <strong>022: RELIABILITY FIX: March 13, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 358: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 359: Under some circumstances the zlib compression library can free dynamically
360: allocated memory twice. This is not a security issue on OpenBSD since the BSD
361: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/free.3">free(3)</a>
362: function detects this.
363: There is also a kernel zlib component that may be used by pppd and IPsec.
364: The feasibility of attacking the kernel this way is currently unknown.<br>
365: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/022_zlib.patch">
1.66 deraadt 366: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 367: <p>
1.96 deraadt 368:
369: <li id="mail">
370: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: April 11, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 371: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 372: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/mail.1">mail(1)</a>
373: will process tilde escapes even in non-interactive mode.
374: This can lead to a local root compromise.
1.1 deraadt 375: <br>
1.96 deraadt 376: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/023_mail.patch">
1.66 deraadt 377: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 378: <p>
1.96 deraadt 379:
380: <li id="sshafs">
381: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: April 22, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 382: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 383: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to a buffer overflow
384: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
385: if AFS has been configured on the system or if
386: KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing has been enabled
387: in the sshd_config file. Ticket and token passing is not enabled
388: by default.<br>
389: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/024_sshafs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 390: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 391: <p>
1.96 deraadt 392:
393:
394: <li id="sudo2">
395: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: April 25, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 396: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 397: A bug in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sudo.8">sudo(8)</a> may allow an attacker to corrupt the heap by specifying a custom prompt.<br>
398: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/025_sudo.patch">
399: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 400: <p>
1.96 deraadt 401:
402: <li id="fdalloc2">
403: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 404: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 405: A race condition exists where an attacker could fill the file descriptor
406: table and defeat the kernel's protection of fd slots 0, 1, and 2 for a
407: setuid or setgid process.<br>
408: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/026_fdalloc2.patch">
1.66 deraadt 409: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 410: <p>
1.96 deraadt 411:
412: <li id="resolver">
413: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: June 25, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 414: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 415: A potential buffer overflow in the DNS resolver has been found.<br>
416: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/027_resolver.patch">
1.66 deraadt 417: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 deraadt 418: <p>
419:
1.1 deraadt 420: </ul>
1.64 deraadt 421:
1.74 tedu 422: <hr>
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