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17: This is the OpenBSD 2.9 release errata & patch list:
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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>
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30: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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34:
35: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9.tar.gz>
36: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
37: This file is updated once a day.
38:
39: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
40: <code>OPENBSD_2_9</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
41:
42: <p>
43: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
44: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
45: <hr>
46:
47: <dl>
48: <a name=all></a>
49: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
50: <ul>
1.21 millert 51: <a name=fdalloc2></a>
52: <li><font color=#009000><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002</strong></font><br>
53: A race condition exists where an attacker could fill the file descriptor
54: table and defeat the kernel's protection of fd slots 0, 1, and 2 for a
1.22 millert 55: setuid or setgid process.<br>
1.21 millert 56: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/026_fdalloc2.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
57: <p>
1.20 millert 58: <a name=sudo2></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: April 25, 2002</strong></font><br>
60: A bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo(8)</a> may allow an attacker to corrupt the heap by specifying a custom prompt.<br>
61: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/025_sudo.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
62: <p>
1.19 markus 63: <a name=sshafs></a>
64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: April 22, 2002</strong></font><br>
65: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to a buffer overflow
66: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
67: if AFS has been configured on the system or if
68: KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing has been enabled
69: in the sshd_config file. Ticket and token passing is not enabled
70: by default.<br>
71: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/024_sshafs.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
72: <p>
1.15 millert 73: <a name=mail></a>
74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: April 11, 2002</strong></font><br>
75: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mail&sektion=1">mail(1)</a>
76: will process tilde escapes even in non-interactive mode.
77: This can lead to a local root compromise.
78: <br>
79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/023_mail.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
80: <p>
1.13 millert 81: <a name=zlib></a>
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: RELIABILITY FIX: March 13, 2002</strong></font><br>
83: Under some circumstances the zlib compression library can free dynamically
84: allocated memory twice. This is not a security issue on OpenBSD since the BSD
85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=free&sektion=3">free(3)</a>
86: function detects this.
87: There is also a kernel zlib component that may be used by pppd and IPSec.
1.14 millert 88: The feasibility of attacking the kernel this way is currently unknown.<br>
1.13 millert 89: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/022_zlib.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
90: <p>
1.12 millert 91: <a name=openssh></a>
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: March 8, 2002</strong></font>
93: <br>
94: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to an off-by-one check
95: in the channel forwarding code of OpenSSH.<br>
96: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/021_openssh.patch"
97: >A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
98: <p>
1.11 miod 99: <a name=ptrace></a>
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: SECURITY FIX: February 20, 2002</strong></font><br>
101: A race condition between the ptrace(2) and execve(2) system calls allows
102: an attacker to modify the memory contents of suid/sgid processes which
103: could lead to compromise of the super-user account.<br>
104: <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>.
105: <p>
1.7 millert 106: <a name=sudo>
1.9 brad 107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 108: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
109: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
110: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
111: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
112: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
113: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
114: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
1.8 millert 115: invoking user.<br>
1.7 millert 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/019_sudo.patch">A
117: source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
118: <p>
1.4 millert 119: <a name=lpd2>
1.5 millert 120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.4 millert 121: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
122: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
123: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
124: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
125: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
126: in the default installation.
127: <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>.
128: <p>
1.2 millert 129: <a name=vi.recover>
130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
131: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
132: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
133: <br>
1.3 miod 134: <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 135: <p>
1.1 deraadt 136: <a name=uucp>
137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
138: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uuxqt&sektion=8">uuxqt(8)</a>
139: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
140: use this to gain root access.
141: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
142: parsing routine that may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
143: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
144: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
145: <br>
1.3 miod 146: <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 147: <p>
148: <a name=lpd>
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
150: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8">lpd(8)</a>
151: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
152: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
153: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
154: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
155: may be used to mount an attack.
156: <br>
1.3 miod 157: <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 158: <p>
159: <a name=sendmail2>
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font><br>
161: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8">sendmail(8)</a>
162: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
163: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
164: <br>
1.3 miod 165: <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 166: <p>
167: <a name=nfs>
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
169: A kernel buffer overflow exists in the NFS mount code. An attacker may
170: use this overflow to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. However,
171: only users with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&sektion=2">mount(2)</a>
172: privileges can initiate this attack. In default installs, only super-user has
173: 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.
174: <br>
1.3 miod 175: <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 176: <p>
177: <a name=pkg></a>
178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: July 15, 2001</strong></font>
179: <br>
180: The
181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages&sektion=7&format=html">packages(7)</a>
182: subsystem incorrectly accepts some package dependencies as okay (see
183: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages-specs&sektion=7&format=html">packages-specs(7)</a>
184: for details).
185: <br>
186: <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>,
187: by forcing <code>/usr/sbin/pkg</code> to be more careful in checking
188: version numbers.
189: <p>
190: <a name=twe></a>
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
192: <br>
193: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=twe&sektion=4&format=html">twe(4)</a>
194: mishandles the DMA mapping resulting in a kernel panic on unaligned data
195: transfers, induced by programs such as
196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&format=html">disklabel(8)</a>
197: and
198: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8&format=html">dump(8)</a>.
199: <br>
200: <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>.
201: This is the second version of the patch.
202: <p>
203: <a name=kernexec></a>
204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font><br>
205: 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.
206: <br>
207: <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>.
208: <p>
209: <a name=sshcookie></a>
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 12, 2001</strong></font><br>
211: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8&format=html">sshd(8)</a>
212: allows users to delete arbitrary files named "cookies" if X11
213: forwarding is enabled. X11 forwarding is disabled by default.
214: <br>
215: <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>.
216: <p>
217: <a name=pwd_mkdb></a>
218: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: June 7, 2001</strong></font><br>
219: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwd_mkdb&sektion=8&format=html">pwd_mkdb(8)</a>
220: corrupts /etc/pwd.db when modifying an existing user.
221: <br>
222: <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>.
223: <p>
224: <a name=isakmpd></a>
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: June 5, 2001</strong></font><br>
226: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>
227: will fail to use a certificate with an identity string that is
228: exactly N * 8 bytes long.
229: <br>
230: <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>.
231: <p>
232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: DOCUMENTATION FIX: June 1, 2001</strong></font><br>
233: The 2.9 CD cover states that XFree86 3.3.6-current is included. This is only half-true.
234: In fact, the XFree86 included for all architectures is 4.0.3. On the i386, the
235: 3.3.6 Xservers have also been included, because 4.0.3 still has weak support for
236: some devices which 3.3.6 supported better.
237: <p>
238: <a name=fts></a>
239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
240: Programs using the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3&format=html">fts(3)</a>
241: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
242: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
243: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
244: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
245: opposed to descending into them.
246: <br>
247: <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>.
248: This is the second version of the patch.
249: <p>
250: <a name=sendmail></a>
251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
252: 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
253: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
254: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
255: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
256: <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.
257: </ul>
258: <p>
259: <a name=i386></a>
260: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
261: <ul>
262: <a name=nvidia></a>
263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Jul 9,
264: 2001</strong></font></br>
265: The nVidia driver for XFree86 4.0.3 is incorrectly restoring the text
266: mode palette upon exit of the X server. <a
267: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/010_nvidia.patch">
268: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem.
269: To avoid rebuilding the whole XFree86 tree, an updated binary driver
270: is also available
271: <a
272: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/nv_drv.o">here
273: </a>. Just grab it, copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and
274: restart your X server.
275: <p>
276: <a name=XF86Setup></a>
277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: Jun 23,
278: 2001</strong></font><br>
279: The XF86Setup(1) configuration tool for XFree86 3.3.6 is producing
280: corrupted /etc/XF86Config files.
281: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/009_XF86Setup.patch">
282: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem by linking
283: XF86Setup against the XFree86 3.3.6 version of libXxf86vm.a.
284: <p>
285: <li>When using a PS/2 keyboard with an MSI K7T Pro2A motherboard, it may be
286: necessary to disable the "USB Keyboard Support" and
287: "USB Mouse Support" options in the BIOS. Otherwise, the i8042
288: keyboard controller doesn't acknowledge commands, confusing OpenBSD.
289: </ul>
290: <p>
291: <a name=alpha></a>
292: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
293: <ul>
294: <li>No problems identified yet.
295: </ul>
296: <p>
297: <a name=mac68k></a>
298: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
299: <ul>
1.6 miod 300: <li><font color=#00900><strong>019: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
301: The X binary sets shipped with OpenBSD 2.9 do not contain several files. These
302: missing files can be added manually from the sparc tarballs after the
303: installation:<br>
304: Grab the
305: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xbase29.tgz">xbase29.tgz</a>
306: and
307: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xshare29.tgz">xshare29.tgz</a>
308: files found in the 2.9/sparc directory on the CD, or any FTP site. The missing
309: files can be installed by using the following commands:
310: <tt><pre>
311: # cd /; tar xzpf xbase29.tgz ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{rgb.txt,xdm}
312: # cd /; tar xzpf xserv29.tgz ./etc/X11/xserver ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver
313: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; ln -fs Xmac68k X
314: </pre></tt>
315: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 316: </ul>
317: <p>
318: <a name=sparc></a>
319: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
320: <ul>
321: <li>No problems identified yet.
322: </ul>
323: <p>
324: <a name=amiga></a>
325: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
326: <ul>
327: <li>No problems identified yet.
328: </ul>
329: <p>
330: <a name=pmax></a>
331: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
332: <ul>
333: <li>No problems identified yet.
334: </ul>
335: <p>
336: <a name=hp300></a>
337: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
338: <ul>
339: <li>No problems identified yet.
340: </ul>
341: <p>
342: <a name=mvme68k></a>
343: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
344: <ul>
345: <li>No problems identified yet.
346: </ul>
347: <p>
348: <a name=powerpc></a>
349: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
350: <ul>
351: <li>No problems identified yet.
352: </ul>
353: <p>
354: <a name=vax></a>
355: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
356: <ul>
357: <li>No problems identified yet.
358: </ul>
359: <p>
360: <a name=sun3></a>
361: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
362: <ul>
363: <li>No problems identified yet.
364: </ul>
365:
366: </dl>
367: <br>
368:
369: <hr>
370: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
371: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
372: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
373: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
374: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
375: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
376: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
377: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
378: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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