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1.1 deraadt 23:
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1.107 ! tj 80: <a href="errata73.html">7.3</a>,
! 81: <a href="errata74.html">7.4</a>.
1.1 deraadt 82: <hr>
83:
1.66 deraadt 84: <p>
1.87 tj 85: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
86: Each patch contains usage instructions.
87: All the following patches are also available in one
88: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
89: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 90:
91: <p>
1.87 tj 92: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.88 tj 93: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 94:
1.1 deraadt 95: <hr>
96:
97: <ul>
1.96 deraadt 98:
99: <li id="sendmail">
100: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 101: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 102: 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
103: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
104: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
105: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
106: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/001_sendmail.patch">
1.66 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 millert 108: <p>
1.96 deraadt 109:
110: <li id="fts">
111: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 112: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 113: Programs using the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/fts.3">fts(3)</a>
114: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
115: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
116: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
117: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
118: opposed to descending into them.
119: <br>
120: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/002_fts.patch">
1.66 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 122: This is the second version of the patch.
1.21 millert 123: <p>
1.96 deraadt 124:
125: <li id="cd_cover">
126: <strong>003: DOCUMENTATION FIX: June 1, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 128: The 2.9 CD cover states that XFree86 3.3.6-current is included. This is only half-true.
129: In fact, the XFree86 included for all architectures is 4.0.3. On the i386, the
130: 3.3.6 Xservers have also been included, because 4.0.3 still has weak support for
131: some devices which 3.3.6 supported better.
1.20 millert 132: <p>
1.96 deraadt 133:
134: <li id="isakmpd">
135: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: June 5, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 136: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 137: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a>
138: will fail to use a certificate with an identity string that is
139: exactly N * 8 bytes long.
140: <br>
141: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/004_isakmpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.19 markus 143: <p>
1.96 deraadt 144:
145: <li id="pwd_mkdb">
146: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: June 7, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 147: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 148: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/pwd_mkdb.8">pwd_mkdb(8)</a>
149: corrupts /etc/pwd.db when modifying an existing user.
1.15 millert 150: <br>
1.96 deraadt 151: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/005_pwd_mkdb.patch">
1.66 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.15 millert 153: <p>
1.96 deraadt 154:
155: <li id="sshcookie">
156: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 12, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 157: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 158: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
159: allows users to delete arbitrary files named "cookies" if X11
160: forwarding is enabled. X11 forwarding is disabled by default.
161: <br>
162: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/006_sshcookie.patch">
1.66 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 164: <p>
1.96 deraadt 165:
166: <li id="kernexec">
167: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 168: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 169: 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.
170: <br>
171: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/007_kernexec.patch">
1.66 deraadt 172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.12 millert 173: <p>
1.96 deraadt 174:
175: <li id="twe">
176: <strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 177: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 178: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/twe.4">twe(4)</a>
179: mishandles the DMA mapping resulting in a kernel panic on unaligned data
180: transfers, induced by programs such as
181: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/disklabel.8">disklabel(8)</a>
182: and
183: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/dump.8">dump(8)</a>.
184: <br>
185: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/008_twe.patch">
1.66 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 187: This is the second version of the patch.
1.11 miod 188: <p>
1.96 deraadt 189:
190: <li id="XF86Setup">
191: <strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: Jun 23, 2001</strong><br>
192: The XF86Setup(1) configuration tool for XFree86 3.3.6 is producing
193: corrupted /etc/XF86Config files.
194: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/009_XF86Setup.patch">
1.66 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 196: It does so by linking XF86Setup against the XFree86 3.3.6 version of libXxf86vm.a.
197: <p>
198: <li>When using a PS/2 keyboard with an MSI K7T Pro2A motherboard, it may be
199: necessary to disable the "USB Keyboard Support" and
200: "USB Mouse Support" options in the BIOS. Otherwise, the i8042
201: keyboard controller doesn't acknowledge commands, confusing OpenBSD.
1.7 millert 202: <p>
1.96 deraadt 203:
204: <li id="nvidia">
205: <strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Jul 9, 2001</strong><br>
206: The NVIDIA driver for XFree86 4.0.3 is incorrectly restoring the text
207: mode palette upon exit of the X server. <a
208: href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/010_nvidia.patch">
209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
210: To avoid rebuilding the whole XFree86 tree, an updated binary driver
211: is also available
212: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/nv_drv.o">here</a>.
213: Just grab it, copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and
214: restart your X server.
1.68 deraadt 215: <p>
1.96 deraadt 216:
217: <li id="pkg">
218: <strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: July 15, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 219: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 220: The
221: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/packages.7">packages(7)</a>
222: subsystem incorrectly accepts some package dependencies as okay (see
223: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/packages-specs.7">packages-specs(7)</a>
224: for details).
225: <br>
226: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/011_pkg.patch">
1.66 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.96 deraadt 228: by forcing <code>/usr/sbin/pkg</code> to be more careful in checking
229: version numbers.
1.4 millert 230: <p>
1.96 deraadt 231:
232: <li id="nfs">
233: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 234: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 235: A kernel buffer overflow exists in the NFS mount code. An attacker may
236: use this overflow to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. However,
237: only users with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/mount.2">mount(2)</a>
238: privileges can initiate this attack. In default installs, only super-user has
239: 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 240: <br>
1.96 deraadt 241: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/012_nfs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.2 millert 243: <p>
1.96 deraadt 244:
245: <li id="sendmail2">
246: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 247: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 248: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sendmail.8">sendmail(8)</a>
249: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
250: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
1.1 deraadt 251: <br>
1.96 deraadt 252: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/013_sendmail.patch">
1.66 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
1.96 deraadt 255:
1.73 bentley 256: <li id="lpd">
1.95 bentley 257: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 258: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.90 tb 259: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/lpd.8">lpd(8)</a>
1.1 deraadt 260: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
261: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
262: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
263: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
264: may be used to mount an attack.
265: <br>
1.86 tb 266: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/014_lpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 268: <p>
1.96 deraadt 269:
270: <li id="uucp">
271: <strong>015: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 272: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 273: A security hole exists in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/uuxqt.8">uuxqt(8)</a>
274: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
275: use this to gain root access.
276: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
277: parsing routine that may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
278: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
279: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
1.1 deraadt 280: <br>
1.96 deraadt 281: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/015_uucp.patch">
1.66 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 283: <p>
1.96 deraadt 284:
285: <li id="vi.recover">
286: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 287: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 288: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
289: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
1.1 deraadt 290: <br>
1.96 deraadt 291: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/016_recover.patch">
1.66 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 293: <p>
1.96 deraadt 294:
295: <li id="lpd2">
296: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 297: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 298: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
299: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
300: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
301: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
302: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
303: in the default installation.
304: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/017_lpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 305: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 306: <p>
1.96 deraadt 307:
308: <li id="missing">
309: <strong>018: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 11, 2001</strong><br>
310: The X binary sets shipped with OpenBSD 2.9 do not contain several files. These
311: missing files can be added manually from the sparc tarballs after the
312: installation:<br>
313: Grab the
314: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xbase29.tgz">xbase29.tgz</a>
315: and
316: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xshare29.tgz">xshare29.tgz</a>
317: files found in the 2.9/sparc directory on the CD, or any FTP site. The missing
318: files can be installed by using the following commands:
319: <pre>
320: # cd /; tar xzpf xbase29.tgz ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{rgb.txt,xdm}
321: # cd /; tar xzpf xserv29.tgz ./etc/X11/xserver ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver
322: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; ln -fs Xmac68k X
323: </pre>
1.68 deraadt 324: <p>
1.96 deraadt 325:
326: <li id="sudo">
327: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong>
328: <i>All architectures</i><br>
329: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
330: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
331: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
332: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
333: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
334: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
335: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
336: invoking user.<br>
337: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/019_sudo.patch">
1.68 deraadt 338: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
339: <p>
1.96 deraadt 340:
341: <li id="ptrace">
342: <strong>020: SECURITY FIX: February 20, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 343: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 344: A race condition between the ptrace(2) and execve(2) system calls allows
345: an attacker to modify the memory contents of suid/sgid processes which
346: could lead to compromise of the super-user account.<br>
347: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/020_ptrace.patch">
1.66 deraadt 348: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 349: <p>
1.96 deraadt 350:
351: <li id="openssh">
352: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: March 8, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 353: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 354: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to an off-by-one check
355: in the channel forwarding code of OpenSSH.<br>
356: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/021_openssh.patch">
1.66 deraadt 357: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 358: <p>
1.96 deraadt 359:
360: <li id="zlib">
361: <strong>022: RELIABILITY FIX: March 13, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 362: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 363: Under some circumstances the zlib compression library can free dynamically
364: allocated memory twice. This is not a security issue on OpenBSD since the BSD
365: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/free.3">free(3)</a>
366: function detects this.
367: There is also a kernel zlib component that may be used by pppd and IPsec.
368: The feasibility of attacking the kernel this way is currently unknown.<br>
369: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/022_zlib.patch">
1.66 deraadt 370: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 371: <p>
1.96 deraadt 372:
373: <li id="mail">
374: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: April 11, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 375: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 376: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/mail.1">mail(1)</a>
377: will process tilde escapes even in non-interactive mode.
378: This can lead to a local root compromise.
1.1 deraadt 379: <br>
1.96 deraadt 380: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/023_mail.patch">
1.66 deraadt 381: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 382: <p>
1.96 deraadt 383:
384: <li id="sshafs">
385: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: April 22, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 386: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 387: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to a buffer overflow
388: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.9/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
389: if AFS has been configured on the system or if
390: KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing has been enabled
391: in the sshd_config file. Ticket and token passing is not enabled
392: by default.<br>
393: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/024_sshafs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 394: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 395: <p>
1.96 deraadt 396:
397:
398: <li id="sudo2">
399: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: April 25, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 400: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 401: 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>
402: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/025_sudo.patch">
403: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.63 deraadt 404: <p>
1.96 deraadt 405:
406: <li id="fdalloc2">
407: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 408: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 409: A race condition exists where an attacker could fill the file descriptor
410: table and defeat the kernel's protection of fd slots 0, 1, and 2 for a
411: setuid or setgid process.<br>
412: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/026_fdalloc2.patch">
1.66 deraadt 413: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 414: <p>
1.96 deraadt 415:
416: <li id="resolver">
417: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: June 25, 2002</strong>
1.69 deraadt 418: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.96 deraadt 419: A potential buffer overflow in the DNS resolver has been found.<br>
420: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/027_resolver.patch">
1.66 deraadt 421: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 deraadt 422: <p>
423:
1.1 deraadt 424: </ul>
1.64 deraadt 425:
1.74 tedu 426: <hr>
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