Annotation of www/errata29.html, Revision 1.12
1.1 deraadt 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML Strict//EN">
2: <html>
3: <head>
4: <title>OpenBSD 2.9 errata</title>
5: <link rev=made href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>
6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
7: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD CD errata page">
8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,cd,errata">
9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.10 horacio 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1997-2002 by OpenBSD.">
1.1 deraadt 11: </head>
12:
13: <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#23238E">
14:
15: <img alt="[OpenBSD]" height=30 width=141 SRC="images/smalltitle.gif">
16: <h2><font color=#0000e0>
17: This is the OpenBSD 2.9 release errata & patch list:
18:
19: </font></h2>
20:
21: <hr>
22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
23: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
24: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
25: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
26: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
27: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
28: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
29: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
30: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
31: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
32: <hr>
33:
34: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9.tar.gz>
35: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
36: This file is updated once a day.
37:
38: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
39: <code>OPENBSD_2_9</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
40:
41: <p>
42: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
43: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
44: <hr>
45:
46: <dl>
47: <a name=all></a>
48: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
49: <ul>
1.12 ! millert 50: <a name=openssh></a>
! 51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: March 8, 2002</strong></font>
! 52: <br>
! 53: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to an off-by-one check
! 54: in the channel forwarding code of OpenSSH.<br>
! 55: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/021_openssh.patch"
! 56: >A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
! 57: <p>
1.11 miod 58: <a name=ptrace></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: SECURITY FIX: February 20, 2002</strong></font><br>
60: A race condition between the ptrace(2) and execve(2) system calls allows
61: an attacker to modify the memory contents of suid/sgid processes which
62: could lead to compromise of the super-user account.<br>
63: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/020_ptrace.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
64: <p>
1.7 millert 65: <a name=sudo>
1.9 brad 66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 67: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
68: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
69: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
70: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
71: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
72: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
73: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
1.8 millert 74: invoking user.<br>
1.7 millert 75: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/019_sudo.patch">A
76: source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
77: <p>
1.4 millert 78: <a name=lpd2>
1.5 millert 79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.4 millert 80: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
81: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
82: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
83: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
84: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
85: in the default installation.
86: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/017_lpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
87: <p>
1.2 millert 88: <a name=vi.recover>
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
90: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
91: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
92: <br>
1.3 miod 93: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/016_recover.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.2 millert 94: <p>
1.1 deraadt 95: <a name=uucp>
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
97: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uuxqt&sektion=8">uuxqt(8)</a>
98: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
99: use this to gain root access.
100: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
101: parsing routine that may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
102: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
103: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
104: <br>
1.3 miod 105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/015_uucp.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 106: <p>
107: <a name=lpd>
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
109: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8">lpd(8)</a>
110: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
111: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
112: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
113: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
114: may be used to mount an attack.
115: <br>
1.3 miod 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/014_lpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 117: <p>
118: <a name=sendmail2>
119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font><br>
120: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8">sendmail(8)</a>
121: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
122: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
123: <br>
1.3 miod 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/013_sendmail.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 125: <p>
126: <a name=nfs>
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
128: A kernel buffer overflow exists in the NFS mount code. An attacker may
129: use this overflow to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. However,
130: only users with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&sektion=2">mount(2)</a>
131: privileges can initiate this attack. In default installs, only super-user has
132: mount privileges. The kern.usermount <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=3">sysctl(3)</a> controls whether other users have mount privileges.
133: <br>
1.3 miod 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/012_nfs.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 135: <p>
136: <a name=pkg></a>
137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: July 15, 2001</strong></font>
138: <br>
139: The
140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages&sektion=7&format=html">packages(7)</a>
141: subsystem incorrectly accepts some package dependencies as okay (see
142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages-specs&sektion=7&format=html">packages-specs(7)</a>
143: for details).
144: <br>
145: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/011_pkg.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>,
146: by forcing <code>/usr/sbin/pkg</code> to be more careful in checking
147: version numbers.
148: <p>
149: <a name=twe></a>
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
151: <br>
152: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=twe&sektion=4&format=html">twe(4)</a>
153: mishandles the DMA mapping resulting in a kernel panic on unaligned data
154: transfers, induced by programs such as
155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&format=html">disklabel(8)</a>
156: and
157: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8&format=html">dump(8)</a>.
158: <br>
159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/008_twe.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
160: This is the second version of the patch.
161: <p>
162: <a name=kernexec></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font><br>
164: A race condition exists in the kernel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=execve&sektion=2&format=html">execve(2)</a> implementation that opens a small window of vulnerability for a non-privileged user to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2&format=html">ptrace(2)</a> attach to a suid/sgid process.
165: <br>
166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/007_kernexec.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
167: <p>
168: <a name=sshcookie></a>
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 12, 2001</strong></font><br>
170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8&format=html">sshd(8)</a>
171: allows users to delete arbitrary files named "cookies" if X11
172: forwarding is enabled. X11 forwarding is disabled by default.
173: <br>
174: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/006_sshcookie.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
175: <p>
176: <a name=pwd_mkdb></a>
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: June 7, 2001</strong></font><br>
178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwd_mkdb&sektion=8&format=html">pwd_mkdb(8)</a>
179: corrupts /etc/pwd.db when modifying an existing user.
180: <br>
181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/005_pwd_mkdb.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
182: <p>
183: <a name=isakmpd></a>
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: June 5, 2001</strong></font><br>
185: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>
186: will fail to use a certificate with an identity string that is
187: exactly N * 8 bytes long.
188: <br>
189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/004_isakmpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
190: <p>
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: DOCUMENTATION FIX: June 1, 2001</strong></font><br>
192: The 2.9 CD cover states that XFree86 3.3.6-current is included. This is only half-true.
193: In fact, the XFree86 included for all architectures is 4.0.3. On the i386, the
194: 3.3.6 Xservers have also been included, because 4.0.3 still has weak support for
195: some devices which 3.3.6 supported better.
196: <p>
197: <a name=fts></a>
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
199: Programs using the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3&format=html">fts(3)</a>
200: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
201: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
202: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
203: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
204: opposed to descending into them.
205: <br>
206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/002_fts.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
207: This is the second version of the patch.
208: <p>
209: <a name=sendmail></a>
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
211: The signal handlers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8&format=html">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
212: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
213: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
214: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
215: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/001_sendmail.patch">A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem by updating sendmail to version 8.11.4.
216: </ul>
217: <p>
218: <a name=i386></a>
219: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
220: <ul>
221: <a name=nvidia></a>
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Jul 9,
223: 2001</strong></font></br>
224: The nVidia driver for XFree86 4.0.3 is incorrectly restoring the text
225: mode palette upon exit of the X server. <a
226: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/010_nvidia.patch">
227: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem.
228: To avoid rebuilding the whole XFree86 tree, an updated binary driver
229: is also available
230: <a
231: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/nv_drv.o">here
232: </a>. Just grab it, copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and
233: restart your X server.
234: <p>
235: <a name=XF86Setup></a>
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: Jun 23,
237: 2001</strong></font><br>
238: The XF86Setup(1) configuration tool for XFree86 3.3.6 is producing
239: corrupted /etc/XF86Config files.
240: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/009_XF86Setup.patch">
241: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem by linking
242: XF86Setup against the XFree86 3.3.6 version of libXxf86vm.a.
243: <p>
244: <li>When using a PS/2 keyboard with an MSI K7T Pro2A motherboard, it may be
245: necessary to disable the "USB Keyboard Support" and
246: "USB Mouse Support" options in the BIOS. Otherwise, the i8042
247: keyboard controller doesn't acknowledge commands, confusing OpenBSD.
248: </ul>
249: <p>
250: <a name=alpha></a>
251: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
252: <ul>
253: <li>No problems identified yet.
254: </ul>
255: <p>
256: <a name=mac68k></a>
257: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
258: <ul>
1.6 miod 259: <li><font color=#00900><strong>019: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
260: The X binary sets shipped with OpenBSD 2.9 do not contain several files. These
261: missing files can be added manually from the sparc tarballs after the
262: installation:<br>
263: Grab the
264: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xbase29.tgz">xbase29.tgz</a>
265: and
266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xshare29.tgz">xshare29.tgz</a>
267: files found in the 2.9/sparc directory on the CD, or any FTP site. The missing
268: files can be installed by using the following commands:
269: <tt><pre>
270: # cd /; tar xzpf xbase29.tgz ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{rgb.txt,xdm}
271: # cd /; tar xzpf xserv29.tgz ./etc/X11/xserver ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver
272: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; ln -fs Xmac68k X
273: </pre></tt>
274: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 275: </ul>
276: <p>
277: <a name=sparc></a>
278: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
279: <ul>
280: <li>No problems identified yet.
281: </ul>
282: <p>
283: <a name=amiga></a>
284: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
285: <ul>
286: <li>No problems identified yet.
287: </ul>
288: <p>
289: <a name=pmax></a>
290: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
291: <ul>
292: <li>No problems identified yet.
293: </ul>
294: <p>
295: <a name=hp300></a>
296: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
297: <ul>
298: <li>No problems identified yet.
299: </ul>
300: <p>
301: <a name=mvme68k></a>
302: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
303: <ul>
304: <li>No problems identified yet.
305: </ul>
306: <p>
307: <a name=powerpc></a>
308: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
309: <ul>
310: <li>No problems identified yet.
311: </ul>
312: <p>
313: <a name=vax></a>
314: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
315: <ul>
316: <li>No problems identified yet.
317: </ul>
318: <p>
319: <a name=sun3></a>
320: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
321: <ul>
322: <li>No problems identified yet.
323: </ul>
324:
325: </dl>
326: <br>
327:
328: <hr>
329: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
330: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
331: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
332: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
333: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
334: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
335: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
336: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
337: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
338: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
339: <hr>
340:
341: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
342: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.12 ! millert 343: <br><small>$OpenBSD: errata29.html,v 1.11 2002/02/20 20:17:13 miod Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 344:
345: </body>
346: </html>
![[BACK]](/icons/back.gif){kind=icon}
Return to errata29.html CVS log ![[TXT]](/icons/text.gif){kind=icon}
![[DIR]](/icons/dir.gif){kind=icon}
Up to [local] / www